I would think that an engineer would realize that the glass is neither
half-full NOR half-empty; it is merely that the glass was spec'ed with the
wrong size.
Yes, I am too cynical to be in marketing.
On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, Mike Stein wrote:
And here I've always thought of you as a pessimist who would have called it
'Half Empty ST'...
On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 9:17 PM Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]>
wrote:
Yep.
And, it was not appreciated when I suggested an interim release between
the MT/ST emulator and "Full-ST" to be called "Half Full ST"
On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, [email protected] wrote:
Scope Creep.. no telling how many projects died in stalled development.
On Jul 30, 2021 16:36, Fred Cisin via cctalk <[email protected]>
wrote:
On Fri, 30 Jul 2021, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> Not really--it's very old technology, (1964), of limited
capacity (about
> 20 KB per tape), was a hideously expensive way to buy a
typewriter
> (about USD$7000 in 1964, or about USD$61,000 today), used
almost
> exclusively in large corporate offices to create form
letters and
> documents. In other words, it was not intended as an
archival medium.
> The effort required in preparing a document was
considerable (one used
> the mini-keypad for various functions). For a memo, it was
easiest to
> use the typewriter as a typewriter.
> There are more interesting things to look at.
Well, form letters are "important".
But, once microcomputer word processing matured, they could
be done easily
and much better.
An acquaintance was working on creating an emulation of the
MT/ST, as a
way for those who were familiar with the MT/ST and/or
actually liked it,
to be able to continue unchanged on a microcomputer.
But, then he started adding features. Besides delaying the
completion
until it was no longer relevant, it was suggested that he
change the name
from "MT/ST" (pronounced "empty ST") to "FULL ST".
