Linked by Kroc Camen on Mon 22nd Jun 2009 12:16 UTC
OSNews, Generic OSes Software moves on at a break-neck pace these days--version numbers clock up ever quicker as vendors try to market their apps as the latest and greatest. Software generally ages badly, falling into a state of looking grossly out of date, lacking new functionality that we've come to depend upon as well as compatibility problems. Dear OSNews readers, what old software (5+ years) do you still use, why, and what problems do you come across in sticking with it? Read More for my own contribution to the list
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RE[4]: UNIX APP
by Traumflug on Tue 23rd Jun 2009 06:06 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: UNIX APP"
Traumflug
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2008-05-22

I'm glad to see all the "improvements" over the last years in vi are hidden well enough to not get into my way. Using vi the same way I did in 1995.

Then, there's FileMaker for the Mac. Version 3 did everything needed, newer versions make things just more complicated.

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