Re: NO OS WARS!! (was RE: [Thinkpad] What OS to use?)

<sigh>
there goes yet ANOTHER braincell..

how about ELECTRIC PENCIL..?

*******************
Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colgrove, George" <George.Colgrove@state.vt.us>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:13 PM
Subject: RE: NO OS WARS!! (was RE: [Thinkpad] What OS to
use?)

> No, EDLIN was created by Seattle computer works for QDOS
(the precursor to
> MS-DOS) as a quick and dirty means to editing a file. The
head of SCW was
> going to make a full screen editor, but Bill Gates bought
the whole package
> before he finished. EDLIN can still be used on any
ThinkPad loaded with up
> to Win2000 with the same level of uncertainty as day one!
(there, I made it
> relevant - - sort of - - I think!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill - ThinkPads dot Com [mailto:bill@thinkpads.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 11:08 PM
> To: Mick McQuaid; Jane Loyless
> Cc: ThinkPad Mailing List
> Subject: Re: NO OS WARS!! (was RE: [Thinkpad] What OS to
use?)
>
> if memory serves, EDLIN was that wonderful little text
> editor that came with CP/M..
> (yet another OS of a sort)..
> you entered text blind, and only saw what you had after
you
> hit CRLF..
> i think.. :-)
>
>
> *******************
> Cordially,
> Bill Morrow
> (from NetFinity Server)
> web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
> bill@thinkpads.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mick McQuaid" <mcquaid@u.arizona.edu>
> To: "Jane Loyless" <jloyless@netbox.com>
> Cc: "ThinkPad Mailing List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:50 PM
> Subject: Re: NO OS WARS!! (was RE: [Thinkpad] What OS to
> use?)
>
>
> > The problem is obviously that the mini-faq is out
> > of date. Cobol vs C??? What is Edlin??? Make it
> > Perl vs. Python or Vim vs. Xemacs or SuSE vs.
> > Mandrake---then people will read it carefully and
> > stop the religious wars once and for all. I'm
> > almost certain.
> >
> > ... regarding a message from Jane Loyless on Aug 24:
> > > Did you think I wasn't watching? Take it outside,
> please, gentlemen.
> > >
> > > From the Mini-FAQ:
> > >
> > > 9) My ___________ is better than your ___________!
> > >
> > >
> > > Please refrain from fighting classic battles like
> Windows vs any-other-OS,
> > > top posting vs bottom posting, COBOL vs C, Edlin vs
VI,
> Coke vs Pepsi, etc,
> > > etc, etc on this list. It's seldom that anyone will
> convert, and it just
> > > gets ugly. Take it to an advocacy group somewhere.
This
> list is for
> > > ThinkPad issues.
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