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Article: 13928 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: LESLIE@JRLVAX.HOUSTON.RR.COM (Jerry Leslie)
Subject: Re: totally OT: terminal emulators
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Chris Olive (colive@technologEase.com) wrote:
:
: Your review here and FdC's review and link were both enlightening. I
: understand Frank's comment that PuTTY does 10% of what Kermit does
: (esp. after looking over the comparision link he handed out.) But
: that 10% is all I need. Kermit -- pardon the comparision -- is like
: having all the features of MS Word when all I need to do is type
: memos. (The analogy totally breaks down though in that I suspect all
: of Kermit's features actually WORK, whereas I wouldn't place a $2 bet
: on any piece of Microsoft pretendware.)
:
Search the archived postings of the comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc
newsgroup for "master document".
These articles are written by the former Project Manager of Excel,
Joel Spolsky, and may explain why Microsoft software is bloated and
buggy:
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000020.html
Joel on Software - Strategy Letter IV: Bloatware and the 80/20 Myth
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
Joel on Software - Things You Should Never Do, Part I
--Jerry Leslie (my opinions are strictly my own)
Note: leslie@jrlvax.houston.rr.com is invalid for email