My needs are simple and dos does just about everything that I need done. Qpro has 50 years worth of records on it. It tells me how much I spent or saved. It would be hard to do without it especially at tax time.
cheers DS On Mon, 1 Dec 2014 11:08:59 -0500 dmccunney <dennis.mccun...@gmail.com> writes: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> > wrote: > > I only use windows to get on the web for just about everything > else I use DOS. > > I could not do so. > > > My software is all loaded on cf chips and I can switch between > them very > > quickly. > > Windows, Linux, and applications here are all installed on a Crucial > solid state drive, and things are blindingly fast. > > > Tried to reproduce what I do on Qpro with windows Excell but found > it too > > difficult to do. Qpro is loaded with powerful macro commands with > no equivalent > > on Excell. Excell macro commands don't work well; you have to > write Excell > > macros with visual basic - just too much work. > > "Just too much work" is a dangerous notion. You don't switch > because > you don't want to take the time and trouble involved in learning the > new software. But you reach the point where what you have to do to > keep using the old software may be more work than switching to > something more modern would have been had you been willing to do it. > > > I like Wordperfect dos better than Word - just too much to learn. > > I know folks who still stubbornly cling to WordStar, which was my > preference back when. You can *do* it, with things like DOSBox or > vDOS, but it gets rapidly into "more trouble than it's worth" > territory. > > I have MS Word, Libre Office Writer, and a few other things here, > and > sometimes use Google Docs. But I actually spend most time in a text > editor. Very little of what I do will be printed out, and I don't > need the features word processors offer to control what the printed > output will *look* like. The occasions where I *do* need that are > for > things that will be reproduced in quantity, and for that, a word > processor is insufficient. I need a full DTP program, and there's > nothing in DOS that will meet my needs. > > > cheers > > DS > ______ > Dennis > https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and > Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & > more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, > FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clk trk > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ____________________________________________________________ > Protect what matters > Floods can happen anywhere. Learn your risk and find an agent today. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3165/547cdca7ccfd65ca755dcmp08duc > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
