I thought PC-Outline was a great programming tool, I tried the Windows and it was horrible!! It corrupted outlines.<argh>
This clown speaks for himself > On Apr 6, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Adam Nielsen via Freedos-user > <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > >> >> I have, and still use, PC-Outline on a FreeDos partition. I think I first >> installed it on a computer in the mid 1980's. I consider it, even now, >> one of the most elegant pieces of software I've ever used. Can anyone tell >> me who created this program, and if that person is still around? > > I Googled "PC-Outline" which led to a page saying it was created by > Brown Bag Software. I then Googled "PC-Outline brown bag" and came up > with this Wikipedia page: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Bag_Software_v._Symantec_Corp. > > It says it was created by John L. Friend in 1987. It seems he sold the > rights to it to Brown Bag Software, and although he agreed not to write > another similar program, he did anyway and sold it to Symantec, who were > then sued by Brown Bag. Which is ironic since apparently John created > PC-Outline after being inspired by one of Symantec's earlier programs > called ThinkTank. > > Cheers, > Adam. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
