On Finished Software; WordStar 4.0 (2025-01-31)

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  • The Beauty of Finished Software | Jose M.

    • WordStar 4.0, a popular word processor from the early 80s.

    • It does everything I want a word processing program to do and it doesn’t do anything else. I don’t want any help. I hate some of these modern systems where you type up a lowercase letter and it becomes a capital. I don’t want a capital, if I’d wanted a capital, I would have typed the capital. George R. R. Martin

  • George R. R. Martin in Conan show (2014). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5REM-3nWHg.

    • Transcript: No, I have a secret weapon. I actually have two computers. I have the computer that I browse the internet with and then I get my email on and I do my taxes on. And then I have my writing computer, which is a DOS machine not connected to the Internet.
      I use a DOS machine.
      Yes, remember DOS? I use WordStar 4.0.
      I like it. I mean, it does everything I want a word processing program to do, and it doesn’t do anything else. I don’t want any help, you know. I hate some of these modern systems where you type a lowercase letter and it becomes a capital. I don’t want a capital. If I’d wanted a capital, I would have typed the capital. I know how to work the shift.
      I hate it.

  • Amazon.com: George R. R. Martin: books, biography, latest update

George R. R. Martin’s books:

A Song of Ice and Fire Series:

  1. A Game of Thrones (1996)
  2. A Clash of Kings (1998)
  3. A Storm of Swords (2000)
  4. A Feast for Crows (2005)
  5. A Dance with Dragons (2011)

Prequels and Related Works:

Standalone Novels: