[Info-vax] WEENDOZE question

[DaveFroble]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <3eb38ca0-7af4-4502-a113-549af1e8aa78 at googlegroups.com>, Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> writes:
>> {...snip...}
>>   It is pretty entertaining that anyone who does any
>> significant computer work these days can stay so ignorant of
>> the most commonly used OS on the planet.  It may be painful
>> to use/maintain, but some knowledge of it can be useful from
>> time to time.
> 
> Feminine hygiene products are commonly used too but I have no need for
> them just as with WEENDOZE.  OpenVMS, MacOSX and Linux do everything I
> need, and, for the most part, even handle the Mickey$oft stuff people
> insist on sending me.  I never touched a WEENDOZE system until around
> Y2K when doing a consulting stint with a large confectionary company.
> They used them as terminal emulator to VMS.  I hated the IBM keyboard, 
> so I purchased an LK250 keyboard to do the VMS work.  My VMS Bootcamp
> presentations were done with Keynote and looked, as many commented, 
> very well done and more professional than Powerpuke.  I'm typing this
> from an Android tablet with Juice SSH.  It's configured with hostkey
> authentication too.  I would not know where to start, nor do I care,
> to establish SSH with WEENDOZE.  I avoid products that tie themselves
> to WEENDOZE too as one of my altimeters has.  I have meen promised a
> Linux or OSX app to download its flight data by its manufacturer but
> that's been an unfulfilled promise to date.  The library is available
> for the chance occasion I fly it again.  Android is far from ideal as
> many simple tasks are overly complicated by its GUI interface but it
> was fairly easy to pick it up and use.  It's also much more portable
> than my laptops.
> 
> That said, Excel got it wrong.  The spreadsheets I write out display
> properly with Numbers, LibreOffice, Gnumeric and even an app called
> Shheets on my Android tablet.  So, please tell me again. why should I
> use WEENDOZE?
> 

Use?  Perhaps not.

Be able to find your way around, when necessary, probably a good idea.

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