from dmccunney:
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Thomas Mueller <[email protected]> wrote:
> > It seemed strange that a version of Quattro Pro following 5 would be 5.6 as
> > opposed to 5.1 or 5.5.
> Versions are frequently skipped when software is released. Remember
> Dale said this was *unreleased* software. (I don't recall offhand
> whether there was an actual Quattro 5.5 release.)
> > Now I migrate as much as possible to Gnumeric.
> What has your experience been?
> > In the days of Quattro Pro 5 for DOS, I never heard of wi-fi or BSD
> > checksums.
> Back then, Wifi didn't exist, and BSD required an AT&T source license
> to run, since it derived from AT&T code. Checksums were around, but
> rather simpler and easily spoofed. Nobody cared about that because no
> one was *trying* to.
> Tom
> Dennis
My experience with Gnumeric is favorable. There are differences in syntax and
navigation with Quattro Pro for DOS.
Quattro Pro three-dimensional spreadsheets are practically impossible to
import, even Excel can't do that.
Gnumeric runs on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD, but is not portable to Haiku.
Regarding BSD requiring AT&T source license, are you talking about FreeBSD,
NetBSD or BSDI?
I don't think FreeBSD and NetBSD required AT&T source license, even in their
early days.
I remember when FreeBSD floppy boot disks would hang "Probing for devices...",
and I couldn't get any further.
Tom
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