FW: PLUG: OT: AD\/:ETC - Good training for mouse-challenged*nixpeople

[John Esak]

No, no, I did not write Scripsit, a guy named Kevin Vale wrote
Scripsit.(mostly). I *bought* the source code and rights to Scripsit from
Tandy and ported it to 286 Xenix. We also gave it a multi-user spooler on
Unix (it was a single printer on Xenix, can you believe it?) My company did
the work, I organized it. Perhaps, this explains why it represents the
single biggest loss of money in my life. No big deal. :-) (Actually, it was
that a couple programmers in my employ could not get the code out quick
enough... after dicking around with it for nearly a year and a half...
WordPerfect released *their* product about a week before our release. We
sold a respectable number of copies... but at the time, saying you had a
word processor better than WordPerfect was like saying you could build a car
better than Ford (from your garage...). We kind of got killed. To near the
end, I hired Mr. Vale himself. Should have done that about a year earlier, I
truly believe the company would be around today had I had that much
foresight. Some very bad choices in personnell and strategy. Still, maybe
someday I will GPL it all... nah... probably not. Other things, maybe, but
not that.

JE


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Fairlight
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: FW: PLUG: OT: AD\/:ETC - Good training for
> mouse-challenged*nixpeople
>
>
> Simon--er, no...it was John Esak--said:
> >
> > I learned Scripsit that way, too!
> > Man I hate to reminisce, but those were the good old days.
>
> I'm confused.  (No comments, people!)  I thought you -wrote- Scripsit???
> You joking about how you learned it, or is there something I'm missing
> about this?
>
> mark->
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