I don't - but of course, I didn't actually write it.... :) Colin
> From: James.McGowan > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 16:57:35 -0800 > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > That's brilliant! Colin, would you mind if I steal that for www.pickwiki.com? > > Ian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Colin Alfke > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 2:14 PM > To: 'U2 Users List' > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > I got this from him a number of years ago: > > And thank you for the appreciation of AE! I really worked on that > program, determined to get the best of the Pick and Prime Information > editors together in one place, plus some innovations of my own, such as > the EditValues (EV) command. UniData was just getting started and I > wrote the program without pay, on speculation, asking for generous > payment if UniData succeeded. They succeeded and honored the agreement. > David Brunel proved himself to be a man of unusually high integrity. > > Leif Smith > I was the author of AE "back when" (started when UniData was Ming Yue, > David Brunel, and 5 chinese programmers in a basement in a home in > Aurora, Colorado. I'm out of the MV programming business now and > expected that AE would have long ago been completely supplanted by more > powerful products. By the way, I never was a UniData employee, just a > free-lance programmer playing a wild card. The whole deal was a > handshake and a few notes on scraps of paper. > > -----Original Message----- > From: McGowan, Ian > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 6:26 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/leifsmith - an interesting guy. Not sure if anyone > remembers the old comp.databases.pick days, but Leif reminds me of Henry > Eggers - I only understood 10% of what he said, but it was always interesting. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin King > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 5:02 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] UniVerse Dictionary question > > AE is the brainchild of one Leif Smith as I recall. Haven't seen him in > years, but he used to stomp around here in Denver. > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:53 PM, McGowan, Ian wrote: > > > It's well worth spending some time reading the AE help pages. One of > > my favorites is "help +" which ends with the gem "We could go on and > > on about this, but you probably get it." I'm a huge fan of AE, even > > though I spend most of my programming time inside a visual editor (I > > like joe [ http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/], not to start a > > religious debate). I don't use AE prestores with the wild abandon of > > my misspent youth, but they're still a handy thing to know. If anyone > > knows the author of AE, let me know - I owe him or her several drinks... > [snip] > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ----------------------------------------- > IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the addressee > and may contain confidential, privileged information. If you are > not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose any > information contained in the message. If you have received this > message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and > delete the message. > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
