From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from remote21.ppp.ufttc.org ([206.127.63.21] helo=tasha-yar.dorsai.org) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17DpAx-0004NK-00 for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 12:22:53 -0400 Received: from localhost (plogan@localhost) by tasha-yar.dorsai.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4VGKGQ01531 for ; Fri, 31 May 2002 12:20:17 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: tasha-yar.dorsai.org: plogan owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 12:20:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Patricia Logan To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux In-Reply-To: <007201c20828$f0057a00$ab00a8c0@ec.rr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, Cecil, I am a little confused by your message. You mentioned dbase. Does this mean that we are lucky enough to have a dbase version for linux? That would make my day. Pat On Thu, 30 May 2002, Cecil H. Whitley wrote: > > Hi, > Both SAS and SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) were born on > mainframes. The windows versions are simply ports. The historical > spreadsheet program of course is 1.2.3 and/or twin. As for database > programs it's d-base. Remember word star? If my memory serves me correct, > these were born under cp/m? > > Cecil > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >