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- From: grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel)
- Subject: Re: Can IBM write code?
- Reply-To: grumpy@jpradley.UUCP (Jeff Markel)
- Organization: Unix in NYC
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 16:59:34 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.165934.7011@jpradley.jpr.com>
- References: <1992Jul17.053756.4811@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Jul23.095312.12697@cadlab.sublink.org>
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- In article <1992Jul23.095312.12697@cadlab.sublink.org> martelli@cadlab.sublink.org (Alex Martelli) writes:
- much elided...
- >
- >I recall when I was in IBM that I often was amazed at the wonderful quality
- >of many, many internally available programs, particularly for VM and for
- >DOS; mostly one-person, and often spare-time, projects, they would quite
- >generally outshine IBM's "official products". At one time (1985?) a few
- >of those programs "leaked" outside officially, via the "Personally
- >Developed Software" marketing program (which unfortunately IBM marketing
- >later proved unable to keep alive, despite the great quality of the
- >programs in it). And, you know what, while I don't often use PC's
- >nowadays, when I do and for some reason I can't make them look unixlike
- >(MKS toolkit, vi, and so), I still find myself choosing the tools that
- >came out so long ago in the PDSW line (the PE2 editor, etc). And the
- >game I play most often is STILL PDSW's "Imperial Space Command"...
- >--
- >Email: martelli@cadlab.sublink.org Phone: ++39 (51) 6130360
- >CAD.LAB s.p.a., v. Ronzani 7/29, Casalecchio, Italia Fax: ++39 (51) 6130294
-
- I KNEW I knew your name from somewhere, Alex! I, too, am an ex-IBMer and
- ex-VMer (6 1/2 yrs in VM/XA development). Every time I saw your name here
- I had a vague feeling that I'd seen it before, on the FORA (note - the internal
- IBM conferencing system - TOOLS - was also written by Mike Cowlishaw).
-
-
- Jeff Markel
-
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