>From the ubiquitous Wikipedia:
Dick Pick died of stroke complications in October 1994. Pick Systems was often tangled in licensing litigation, and relatively little effort was devoted to marketing and improving the software. Subsequent ports of Pick to other platforms generally offered the same tools and capabilities for many years, usually with relatively minor improvements and simply renamed (for example, Data/BASIC became Pick/BASIC and ENGLISH became ACCESS ). Licensees often developed proprietary variations and enhancements (for example, Microdata created their own input processor called ScreenPro) ----- Original Message ----- From: fft2...@aol.com To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thursday, 24 March, 2011 1:21:04 PM Subject: Re: [U2] Does anyone have an MV BASIC cheatsheet? In a message dated 3/24/2011 8:46:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bi...@hkmetalcraft.com writes: > While you are at it, why not write a book (in color) and have O'Reilly > publish it. > Which brings up an interesting point. Why were there so many books on Pick published in the 80s, up until about 1995 and then... silence ? Has everything been said? Dubya the Artist formerly known as W _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
