Re: Website TTG

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 Since so many of us feel this way, I wonder if it would be timely if
 one of us explored the possibility of reconstituting the lost TTG
 files at some other location on the net. This, of course, would re-
 quire that we obtained the approval of the owners of XYWrite, which
 they may be willing to grant (if it is made clear that they are not
 responsible for problems that many result from the use of the
 programme), seeing as they placed the files at the disposal of the
 public on their former Web sight.

 More generally, I find it rather disconcerting that some of the finest
 DOS programmes, many of them superior to their Windows counterparts,
 are no longer available when either the company that produced them goes
 out of business, or when the company moves on to a Windows version of
 the programme. How this particular convention became the norm in the
 field of computer software is beyond me. It is equivalent to having
 all previous editions of a book disappear from the library shelves when
 a new edition comes out. How silly that would be. It would be hostile
 to anything that goes by the name "scholarship." And yet, we accept
 this sort of thing in the field of computer software. I can readily think
 of a number of DOS programmes that were outstanding when they were
 produced, and that are still superior to anything available in Windows.
 They may not look as colourful on screen, but I defy anyone to identify
 whether the outcome was produced by a DOS or a Windows programme.
 Fortunately two or three of these DOS gems are still available (Lotus
 Agenda and Magellan), but try to get the elegant outliner Grandview 2.0.
 I hope that XYWrite does not go this way.

 Sorry about this rant (it won't happen again), but like many of you, I'm
 a convinced DOS person, and I hate what is happening to DOS programmes.

 M.W. Poirier

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On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, J. R. Fox wrote:
>
> Even if the worst proves true, hopefully *this* little community will
> continue for a good while, with members aiding one another wherever
> possible.
>
> Jordan
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