Fri 11 Nov 2005
What is Software about
Posted by AsparaGus under Software
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Under this category I’ll be mentioning some things I find useful with a quick introduction to using them. I plan to limit myself to things which are free for personal use. Not only because I am cheap, but more importantly before you buy anything for your computer you really need to know what it does. There are many fine programs created by clever people and offered free that work as well or better than commercial products that often add features of little value.
Bob Newhart did a sketch once that parodied car makers by setting up an advertising meeting of a chariot maker — the line that sticks in my mind is him replying to the query ‘why the fins’ “They’re what’s keeping us in business next year” So it is with some new versions of software and even software which does little more than add a sleek GUI (Graphical User Interface) on something that the system is doing by itself.