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Pencils ?
"For some of us, our word processors would still have been a pen or a pencil on a pad."[/quote]

I think NOT. I wrote my own word processor for a Commodore VIC-20 using the Commodore basic language. It was crude, but it worked well enough that I preferred it to a typewriter.

The software industry in this country did better before software patents were allowed and copyright or trade secrets were used for software protection.
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NO_AX = NO SHOW  itanalyst | 08/11/05
Was going to ask you  Real World | 08/11/05
LOL No, I Didn't Think He'd Show At All  itanalyst | 08/11/05
Please, some consideration!  IT_User | 08/11/05
Yeah  voska | 08/11/05
First time I've seen it ascribed to Tom Hayden.  Anton Philidor | 08/11/05
Leaky memory  IT_User | 08/11/05
Folks, the boy is a liar.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/11/05
I Think Not Pal...You Lie  itanalyst | 08/11/05
We have no way of knowing...  rapson | 08/11/05
Wow Carl, Let Me Set Up My Tripod At The Location  itanalyst | 08/11/05
If you had your camera phone  Loverock Davidson | 08/11/05
LOL Sorry, No Cam Phone Dude...I Have A Blackberry  itanalyst | 08/11/05
So long as your watch shows the date, too.  Anton Philidor | 08/11/05
Exactly how much do you cost for a 3 way?  B.O.F.H. | 08/11/05
Ok this is silly  voska | 08/11/05
My Daddy Can Beat Up Your Daddy  itanalyst | 08/11/05
The original thread  Real World | 08/11/05
Sure you would.  ShadeTree | 08/11/05
Glad you know me so well  Real World | 08/11/05
Again your response begs the question ...  ShadeTree | 08/12/05
Lost cause  Real World | 08/12/05
And...  rapson | 08/12/05
Not beating up those who disagree  Real World | 08/12/05
I was there, and there was no ITANALIST  Commonsenseiseverything | 08/11/05
Wow, A New ZDNet ID Shows Up Out Of The Blue  itanalyst | 08/11/05
No_Ax Just Outed Himself  itanalyst | 08/11/05
Patents  CobraA1 | 08/11/05
It's a matter of context  IT_User | 08/11/05
Disagree a bit  NonZealot | 08/11/05
I think they are stuck in the middle  voska | 08/11/05
And what would you propose?  IT_User | 08/11/05
Please give an example...  Anton Philidor | 08/11/05
Downside  IT_User | 08/11/05
Winners, losers, and ...  IT_User | 08/12/05
Good essays.  Anton Philidor | 08/12/05
Not much original thought here  IT_User | 08/12/05
Also people invent to make thier lives easier  voska | 08/11/05
Pencils ?  Update victim | 08/12/05
We Chinese welcome open-source  ChinesePhDinCA | 08/11/05
Well, we KNOW that you welcome Microsoft.  Judas I. | 08/11/05
I don't think that's true  rapson | 08/11/05
Nope, you missed my point, Carl.  Judas I. | 08/11/05
Then you'll really love their take on Linux  Boot_Agnostic | 08/11/05
Yes, and we'll be able to see it, too.  Judas I. | 08/11/05
Since you like to bash Americans in your posts,  osreinstall | 08/11/05
Great move!  George Mitchell | 08/11/05
If you can't beat them, join them?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/11/05
Not completely..  Patrick Jones | 08/11/05
Completely???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/11/05
Where are they?  Patrick Jones | 08/11/05
Here you go Patrick  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/11/05
I predicted this  voska | 08/12/05
I remember your doing it, you were spot on.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/12/05
If you can't compete in the business world, have non-profits do it for you.  osreinstall | 08/11/05
ACT  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/05
Nope!  osreinstall | 08/12/05
Promissory estoppel  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/12/05
Better get it in writing first  osreinstall | 08/12/05

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