Re: My visit at the NotaBene List - evangelizing vDos-lfn

["John Paines" dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxx (Redacted sender "vf200" for DMARC)]

Haven't tested the latest versions, but the early releases of NBv10 sustained almost no xywrite continuity (much less so than NB9, which was already wanting in compatibility), and they wouldn't give hope that more compatibility was coming in the future.  


Fortunately, vdos emerged around about the same time and now, with vdos-lfn, it's better (at least to my mind) than xywrite ever was under DOS or XP.



 
 
 
  
 From: J R FOX 
 To: "xywrite@xxxxxxxx" 
 Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 12:52 PM
 Subject: Re: My visit at the NotaBene List - evangelizing vDos-lfn
  
 

Kari,

I would be curious to know how this may be received.  In the past, it has been remarked that the NB constituency is less technically inclined or adept than the membership of this list.  Historically, that possibly hindered certain efforts, such as customizing NB or applying XPL to it.  What with the recent major overhauls of NB, the program may have left the (once ?) core "Xy engine" so far behind that any lineal relationship is now scarcely detectable ?



     Jordan


 
 
 
 
  
 From: Kari Eveli 
 To: xywrite@xxxxxxxx
 Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 3:16 AM
 Subject: My visit at the NotaBene List - evangelizing vDos-lfn
 
 

Hello,

In order have access to the list archives, I recently subscribed to the
NotaBene List (http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=notabene).

I brought up the fact that I am still using NB3 which occasioned some
amazement. I had trouble posting messages to the list, and with the help
of a list member I finally got through, and he kindly forwarded the
message not only to the list, but also to NB's staff members Anne Putnam
mailto:aputnam@xxxxxxxx and Steve Siebert mailto:technicalsupport@xxxxxxxx.

The message was as follows:
[quote]
Hello Mervyn,

Thank you for your applause! I will gladly tell you why I still use NB3.