Charles I hope I never upset you if you can hold a grudge from 1984! ;-)
Bill On 12 May 2012, at 16:38, Charles Hill wrote: > Brian, > > I may not be a Microsoft fan but I care even less for Apple. It goes back to > the days of the IIc. Their closed systems and the "Do it our way or > not-at-all" attitude hasn't changed. Not for me. > > Charles Hill > > On 5/12/2012 9:39 AM, Brian wrote: >> >> It must be agreed that although the Mac operating system and graphics >> capabilities are much superior to the PC - OS still based on the old MS DOS, >> when it comes to word processing, spread sheet etc. Microsoft >> Office takes a lot of beating hence Office for Macs! >> I know Bill is a converted Mac man and they are very beautiful machines and >> like all Apple products expensive. >> Your reference to dBase reminds me that the entire technical records of the >> Imperial War Museum were on dBase and only very recently transferred to some >> other programme. On my original “club” computer had full Office with Access >> but found it completely impenetrable. I find Excel does all I need. >> One day I will have to dig out my old BBC B which was a great machine, for >> its time. Programming was easy and very friendly but how did we ever >> survive on 32K memory!! >> >> Brian >> Pixham Moderator >> >> ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
