WLM and Eternal-September

[Peter Foldes]

Hi, Winston.

RC = Resistance to Change?

I'll have to add that to my collection, which starts with Royal Crown Cola, of
course, and includes many others, such as Remote Control, Real Crazy and Release
Candidate. ;<)

You did forget Real Curious. Could not leave this out. LOL. Have a nice day RC

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[Char Jackson]

"DGDevin" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Agreed, Usenet has its advantages. On the other hand company provided web
based support forums where a posted email address is automatically hidden,
accessing an account (with permission by the poster) by Support personnel
the and subsequent ability (when necessary) to take a conversation private
could never be accomplished via nntp.

Nonsense. All of those things are very easily accomplished via Usenet.

I suspect the biggest driver is that support organizations don't like
the lack of editorial control provided by Usenet, as well as the lack
of ability to show advertising. Once you can get people to visit your
site with a web browser, it's Katy bar the door. Suddenly, the
organization can entertain you with flashy colors, flashy graphics,
flashy advertising, and a clumsy interface. Oops, it was all good
until that last part, from their perspective, anyway. From my
perspective, none of it is good.

 

[Peter Foldes]

Where's the author of QuoteFix when you need him?

David Guess A.KA. Majik (co-author of OE Quote Fix) has gone from the groups since
a few years. He co-wrote it along with (Dr.)Steve Cochran who still posts on the MS
Web forums

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[SC Tom]

Royal Crown Cola? You haven't bought it in the Deep South, have you? Around
here it's known as "ROC co-cola" LOL!! And you have to run the ROC together
like ahr-uh-see

 

[...winston]

"Peter Foldes" wrote in message

David Guess A.KA. Majik (co-author of OE Quote Fix) has gone from the
groups since

a few years. He co-wrote it along with (Dr.)Steve Cochran who still posts on
the MS
Web forums.

Hi Peter,
??
Possibly another similar named program
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/
OE-QuoteFix is (C) 2002 by Dominik Jain.

Not to be confused with
OEBackup and DBExpress (Guess and Cochran respectively)

 

[...winston]

And they all lined up to do that, eh ?

....w

"Char Jackson" wrote in message

"DGDevin" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Agreed, Usenet has its advantages. On the other hand company provided web
based support forums where a posted email address is automatically hidden,
accessing an account (with permission by the poster) by Support personnel
the and subsequent ability (when necessary) to take a conversation private
could never be accomplished via nntp.

Nonsense. All of those things are very easily accomplished via Usenet.

I suspect the biggest driver is that support organizations don't like
the lack of editorial control provided by Usenet, as well as the lack
of ability to show advertising. Once you can get people to visit your
site with a web browser, it's Katy bar the door. Suddenly, the
organization can entertain you with flashy colors, flashy graphics,
flashy advertising, and a clumsy interface. Oops, it was all good
until that last part, from their perspective, anyway. From my
perspective, none of it is good.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, SC.

Yep, I've heard that version, too, and some brilliant jokers have even made
the jump to "Pepsi". :^{ All in good fun, of course.

But Mom and Dad named me for Grandpa Robert and Grandpa Charlie and always
called me R. C. To save some bits and bandwidth I deleted the dots and
spaces in my Sig. "Initial names" are quite common in Oklahoma, where I was
born, and here in Texas. Remember John Ross "JR" Ewing from "Dallas"?

Now, what does SC stand for? South Carolina? You did mention the Deep
South. And is Tom your last name?

RC
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"SC Tom" wrote in message
Royal Crown Cola? You haven't bought it in the Deep South, have you? Around
here it's known as "ROC co-cola" LOL!! And you have to run the ROC together
like ahr-uh-see

 

[Char Jackson]

And they all lined up to do that, eh ?

...w

"Char Jackson" wrote in message



Nonsense. All of those things are very easily accomplished via Usenet.

I suspect the biggest driver is that support organizations don't like
the lack of editorial control provided by Usenet, as well as the lack
of ability to show advertising. Once you can get people to visit your
site with a web browser, it's Katy bar the door. Suddenly, the
organization can entertain you with flashy colors, flashy graphics,
flashy advertising, and a clumsy interface. Oops, it was all good
until that last part, from their perspective, anyway. From my
perspective, none of it is good.

I can only guess at what you might be trying to say, so I'll say "yes"
and hope it's appropriate. (Sorry, too lazy to correct your top
posting but not lazy enough to ignore it.)

 

[SC Tom]

Yes, SC is South Carolina, but Tom is my first name. I live around the Parris Island area, so if I was any deeper into
the south, I'd be in Savannah, GA. I'll stay here

I see you're in Texas. I was in Texas during my USAF days; first Lackland AFB (affectionately know as Lackluster), and
then later in Wichita Falls (it wasn't called anything affectionately). I've been back to San Antonio since then because
I wanted to see the Alamo on my own time and pace. I see by the map that San Marcos isn't too far away (relatively
speaking). Not a lot of difference between the Southerners and the Texans, really, except the Texas drawl and the
Southern laid-back attitude.

I've lived in a number of places, mostly east of the Mississippi, and find that most people everywhere are about the
same. What the hey, some of best friends are Yankees ;-)
--
SC Tom

Hi, SC.

Yep, I've heard that version, too, and some brilliant jokers have even made the jump to "Pepsi". :^{ All in good
fun, of course.

But Mom and Dad named me for Grandpa Robert and Grandpa Charlie and always called me R. C. To save some bits and
bandwidth I deleted the dots and spaces in my Sig. "Initial names" are quite common in Oklahoma, where I was born,
and here in Texas. Remember John Ross "JR" Ewing from "Dallas"?

Now, what does SC stand for? South Carolina? You did mention the Deep South. And is Tom your last name?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"SC Tom" wrote in message
Royal Crown Cola? You haven't bought it in the Deep South, have you? Around
here it's known as "ROC co-cola" LOL!! And you have to run the ROC together
like ahr-uh-see

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Tom.

I was in Texas during my USAF days; first Lackland AFB (affectionately
know as Lackluster), and then later in Wichita Falls (it wasn't called
anything affectionately).

Me, too. Lackland, then Sheppard - and then Naha for a couple of years in
the Resident Auditor's office - and then out of the USAF. California in the
60's and 70's, back to OK for the 80's, and retired here since 1990. Get to
Austin often and San Antonio occasionally, but haven't been back to Lackland
(or Sheppard) since 1957. We like San Marcos. ;<)

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"SC Tom" wrote in message
Yes, SC is South Carolina, but Tom is my first name. I live around the
Parris Island area, so if I was any deeper into
the south, I'd be in Savannah, GA. I'll stay here

I see you're in Texas. I was in Texas during my USAF days; first Lackland
AFB (affectionately know as Lackluster), and
then later in Wichita Falls (it wasn't called anything affectionately). I've
been back to San Antonio since then because
I wanted to see the Alamo on my own time and pace. I see by the map that San
Marcos isn't too far away (relatively
speaking). Not a lot of difference between the Southerners and the Texans,
really, except the Texas drawl and the
Southern laid-back attitude.

I've lived in a number of places, mostly east of the Mississippi, and find
that most people everywhere are about the
same. What the hey, some of best friends are Yankees ;-)
--
SC Tom

Hi, SC.

Yep, I've heard that version, too, and some brilliant jokers have even
made the jump to "Pepsi". :^{ All in good fun, of course.

But Mom and Dad named me for Grandpa Robert and Grandpa Charlie and always
called me R. C. To save some bits and bandwidth I deleted the dots and
spaces in my Sig. "Initial names" are quite common in Oklahoma, where I
was born, and here in Texas. Remember John Ross "JR" Ewing from "Dallas"?

Now, what does SC stand for? South Carolina? You did mention the Deep
South. And is Tom your last name?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"SC Tom" wrote in message
Royal Crown Cola? You haven't bought it in the Deep South, have you?
Around
here it's known as "ROC co-cola" LOL!! And you have to run the ROC
together
like ahr-uh-see

 

[Stan Brown]

And they all lined up to do that, eh ?

...w

"Char Jackson" wrote in message

Winston,

Your quoting style is seriously effed up. Please dump Windows Live
Mail and get a real newsreader, or else fix the quoting manually
whenever you post a followup.

 

[DGDevin]

AFAIK, "bundled with some MS package" refers to some version of
Microsoft Office. There are versions that work fine with Win 7,
including 2003, 2007, and 2010.

In this case it was Works Suite 2006. I just installed it (just Word, not
the other stuff) in XP Mode and it's spell-checking OE posts fine (although
it doesn't check on-the-fly as WLM does). The registration link didn't
work, but the product code seemed to work fine when entered. Apparently
it's the 2002 version of Word, so I don't know if it will work in Win 7.



..

 

[Char Jackson]

In this case it was Works Suite 2006. I just installed it (just Word, not
the other stuff) in XP Mode and it's spell-checking OE posts fine (although
it doesn't check on-the-fly as WLM does). The registration link didn't
work, but the product code seemed to work fine when entered. Apparently
it's the 2002 version of Word, so I don't know if it will work in Win 7.

Weird. MS Word doesn't come with Works, it comes either standalone or
as part of the MS Office suite (any of several flavors). I wonder how
you managed to get a copy of Works that had Word in it.

Does anyone know?

 

[Bob I]

Weird. MS Word doesn't come with Works, it comes either standalone or
as part of the MS Office suite (any of several flavors). I wonder how
you managed to get a copy of Works that had Word in it.

Does anyone know?

Actually it does, (see below) you may be referring to "Windows doesn't
come with "MS Office"".

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 26, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the
availability of Microsoft® Works Suite 2006, featuring a collection of
Microsoft’s home software titles in one easy-to-use, affordable package.
With Microsoft Works 8, Word 2002, Encarta® Encyclopedia Standard 2006,
Digital Image Standard 2006, Money 2006 Standard, and Streets & Trips
Essentials 2006, this comprehensive product is designed to help
consumers accomplish more using their home PC.

 

[BillW50]

Actually it does, (see below) you may be referring to "Windows doesn't
come with "MS Office"".

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 26, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the
availability of Microsoft® Works Suite 2006, featuring a collection of
Microsoft’s home software titles in one easy-to-use, affordable package.
With Microsoft Works 8, Word 2002, Encarta® Encyclopedia Standard 2006,
Digital Image Standard 2006, Money 2006 Standard, and Streets & Trips
Essentials 2006, this comprehensive product is designed to help
consumers accomplish more using their home PC.

That wasn't the only Works version that included Word. Oh yes, the ones
that included Word, the Works package was missing the Works word
processor. I guess they figured you didn't need it if you also had Word
anyway. ;-)

 

[Char Jackson]

Actually it does, (see below) you may be referring to "Windows doesn't
come with "MS Office"".

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 26, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the
availability of Microsoft® Works Suite 2006, featuring a collection of
Microsoft’s home software titles in one easy-to-use, affordable package.
With Microsoft Works 8, Word 2002, Encarta® Encyclopedia Standard 2006,
Digital Image Standard 2006, Money 2006 Standard, and Streets & Trips
Essentials 2006, this comprehensive product is designed to help
consumers accomplish more using their home PC.

Excellent, thanks. I obviously didn't know and stand corrected.

 

[DGDevin]

Weird. MS Word doesn't come with Works, it comes either standalone or
as part of the MS Office suite (any of several flavors). I wonder how
you managed to get a copy of Works that had Word in it.

Does anyone know?

Came with a Dell, maybe MS and Dell had a deal for a special OEM bundle.
Oddly enough once installed the software considered itself part of Office
even though it didn't say that on the package. The top-of-the-line Dell
cratered in three years (dead motherboard), at which point I discovered
their proprietary parts cost twice as much as they have any right to--last
Dell I'll ever buy.

 

[DGDevin]

I suspect the biggest driver is that support organizations don't like
the lack of editorial control provided by Usenet, as well as the lack
of ability to show advertising.

Sadly that makes you a realist rather than a cynic.

 

[Lee Waun]

as part of the MS Office suite (any of several flavors). I wonder how
you managed to get a copy of Works that had Word in it.

Does anyone know?

I have works 2004 which I don't use anymore but it has Word 2003 in it.

I use the new word 2010 now.

 

[Char Jackson]

I have works 2004 which I don't use anymore but it has Word 2003 in it.

It seems odd that Works 2004 has Word 2003 while Works 2006 has Word
2002, but I appreciate the correction.