Blog Archive May 2007

Steve Jobs & Bill Gates share the stage

The legends of the computing industry shared the stage yesterday at the All Things Digital Conference.

For me it was like going back in time and reminded me of the day in 1979 when I was 11 years old in a Radio Shack store and I picked up a book on the TRS-80. After 15 minutes of looking at it in the store, I BEGGED my Grandmother to buy it for me. She asked me why and I very confidently replied, "When I grow up I am going to be in Computers." That day essentially started my career in computers.

Watching this webcast took me back to those days of early exploration and fills me with a happy nostalgia.

Using WordPerfect & MS Office 2007 files on Mac OS X

I just found an open source application that will allow you to open and edit WordPerfect files on the Mac. It will also open Microsoft Office 2007 files from the PC that the current Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac can not open. (Office 2008 for the Mac will be able to open these files).

I installed NeoOffice and it worked great. Besides NeoOffice Writer which is the Word Processor, it also had a database similar to Microsoft Access and a Drawing program.

I was quit impressed with it's overall functionality.

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