On 01/02/2018 10:32 AM, James Knott wrote: > > My first hard drive was 30 MB. I also used PC-Write at home. I used > Wordstar 2000 & Word Perfect at work. I also maintained mini-computer > systems, including DEC VAX 11/780. > When my father ordered his first computer, he ordered a 10 mg. hard drive. When he received it, it had a 20 mg. hard drive. They explained that the 10 mg. had become obsolete since he ordered it and gave him a 20 mg. at no additional cost. He thought he had died and gone to PC heaven.
I also used PC-Write, both at home and at work. I worked as a lawyer and wrote all of my legal documents and court briefs using that wonderful little shareware program. Obviously, LO can do much, much more than PC-Write ever could, but I think it a shame that, after nearly a quarter century of development, my quad-core laptop running LO on Linux is no faster than my old Toshiba 286 laptop running PC-Write and DOS. Admittedly, I'm comparing text processing with text processing. I realize that, with graphical interfaces, networks and Internet, more is required of today's technology, but I often wonder. In terms of actual productivity -- i.e., getting work done, which for me meant word processing and an occasional spreadsheet -- I was more proficient 25 years ago than I am now. I recall back in those days reading an article that claimed that DOS users made better writers than Mac users. The argument was that DOS users focused on content (that was all they had), whereas Mac users focused on appearance (since they could). I can relate for, these days, I spend a lot of time tinkering with fonts, styles, etc., instead of actually writing. Virgil -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
