on Wed, 30 Aug 2017, Ralph DiMola wrote: > In 1975 a few of us were huddled around the console > of an IBM 1130 trying to figure out the new command > line text editor(Cytos). The error messages were less > than helpful(much less) so at one point in frustration > we typed "f*** you". Cytos replied "Same to you" and > we all fell on the floor laughing!
Oddly enough, my first contact with Windows was helping a neighbor to understand the sparse and sometimes unintelligible error messages from his music applications that refused to open after installing another music application. I used Macintosh at home and in my work, so Windows computers were a real novelty at least for me. Took some time for him to understand that it was himself that have given permission to the most recent application to modify the computer to assure only his own functionality. You have no idea about all the suffering that my neighbor had to endure using Windows 95 (later 98) but his computer life improved vastly after he buy a new computer (2002) with a new OS: Windows XP >From his experience, I learned that Windows works better (and more reliable) when you use it as a Workstation, but still today (2017), too many computer users still employs their PC as experimental devices, where they install any kind of cards, devices, drivers and programs with unpredictable consequences. Who knows... If the money of my first computer have not been stolen (money for a Commodore Amiga) maybe I have never had the chance to use a Mac and learn about HyperCard, MetaCard and LiveCode. If I have never helped my neighbor with his suffering, maybe I have never learn about Xara (the fastest design software in any platform) and learned to read very carefully the software manuals before installing and using any software in any computer. All this previous knowledge have been really useful and have made a lot easier to learn Ubuntu Linux. Al _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode