# On Finished Software; WordStar 4.0 (2025-01-31) **URL:** \ **Category:** breadcrumbs\ **Created:** [January 31, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/on-finished-software-wordstar-4-0-2025-01-31/241 "2025-01-31T08:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![delyan](https://pluralist.net/user_avatar/pluralist.net/delyan/32/245_2.png) [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/on-finished-software-wordstar-4-0-2025-01-31/241/1 "2025-01-31T08:00:00Z")
- [The beauty of finished software | Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38084244) - [The Beauty of Finished Software | Jose M.](https://josem.co/the-beauty-of-finished-software/) - > 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](https://josem.co/the-beauty-of-finished-software/#rf1) - George R. R. Martin in Conan show (2014). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5REM-3nWHg](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. - [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APIGH4/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=d1447d46-3bd7-4556-bc76-ff6d3028c5f8](https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B000APIGH4/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=d1447d46-3bd7-4556-bc76-ff6d3028c5f8) * * * # George R. R. Martin’s books: **A Song of Ice and Fire Series:** 1. [_A Game of Thrones_ (1996)](https://www.amazon.com/Game-Thrones-Song-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B000QCS8TW) 2. [_A Clash of Kings_ (1998)](https://www.amazon.com/Clash-Kings-Song-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B000FBFN1U) 3. [_A Storm of Swords_ (2000)](https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Swords-Song-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B000FBFN2S) 4. [_A Feast for Crows_ (2005)](https://www.amazon.com/Feast-Crows-Song-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B000FCKGPC) 5. [_A Dance with Dragons_ (2011)](https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Dragons-Song-Fire-Book-ebook/dp/B003YL4LYI) **Prequels and Related Works:** - [_A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms_ (2015)](https://www.amazon.com/Knight-Seven-Kingdoms-Song-Fire-ebook/dp/B00S3RKWS8) – a collection of three novellas: - _The Hedge Knight_ (1998) - _The Sworn Sword_ (2003) - _The Mystery Knight_ (2010) - [_Fire & Blood_ (2018)](https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Blood-300-Years-Before-ebook/dp/B07C6TBTV3) – a history of House Targaryen **Standalone Novels:** - [_Dying of the Light_ (1977)](https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Light-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B00B5J73J6) - [_Windhaven_ (1981)](https://www.amazon.com/Windhaven-George-R-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B00B5J73J6) – with Lisa Tuttle - [_Fevre Dream_ (1982)](https://www.amazon.com/Fevre-Dream-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B0064CPN7I) - [_The Armageddon Rag_ (1983)](https://www.amazon.com/Armageddon-Rag-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B0064CPN7I) - [_Tuf Voyaging_ (1986)](https://www.amazon.com/Tuf-Voyaging-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B0064CPN7I) - [_Hunter’s Run_ (2007)](https://www.amazon.com/Hunters-Run-George-R-Martin-ebook/dp/B0011UGM5S) – with Gardner Dozois and Daniel Abraham * * * - [GRRM Full Bibliography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin#Bibliography)