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From: gl8f@bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: GNUclear Warfare
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Date: 18 Dec 89 05:23:31 GMT
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In article <4774@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

>I haven't seen *any* PD software that wasn't either (a) oriented towards
>computer geeks, or (b) strictly limited in utility. Prove me wrong. Provide
>a counter-example.

You must not look very far.

I will define "strictly limited in utility" to mean more limited than
comparable commerical software. I submit Uniterm, a terminal program
for the Atari ST. Given the large number of modems in this world, obviously
they are not used only by computer geeks.

There is also a spreadsheet program for the ST which includes a full
set of math functions plus graphing, with a full GEM interface. This means
it's better than the original Visicalc. However, since I'm merely
destroying your *any* claim, I shan't submit it.

By the way, Atari didn't get hurt that much in the DRI/Apple suit. They
didn't have to change their GEM version one bit. DRI's later GEM
versions have this awful desktop, while we still have a nice one.

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Greg Lindahl