Remember Wordstar
This article in The Australian, "StarOffice part of Google's plan", reminded me of Wordstar.
It wasn't the word 'star'. I love a good stoush.
Remember Wordstar being queen and then Wordperfect and then ...? Can you go back before Wordstar?
In all of these cases a new comer superseded the existing queen. However, during the transition of power, it felt like we mere mortals had a choice. People were talking about data format and compatibility.
Once the new queen had exerted her power there was not a choice and we seemed to be locked into the new regime. Talk of data compatibility became heresy. People were locked into a tool.
I hope that we don't see a repeat of this when Google and Sun knock MS for a six. It's been a long time since I've felt we have had a choice.
It wasn't the word 'star'. I love a good stoush.
Remember Wordstar being queen and then Wordperfect and then ...? Can you go back before Wordstar?
In all of these cases a new comer superseded the existing queen. However, during the transition of power, it felt like we mere mortals had a choice. People were talking about data format and compatibility.
Once the new queen had exerted her power there was not a choice and we seemed to be locked into the new regime. Talk of data compatibility became heresy. People were locked into a tool.
I hope that we don't see a repeat of this when Google and Sun knock MS for a six. It's been a long time since I've felt we have had a choice.
posted by Wara @ 6:31 pm
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