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   The FreeDOS Project (freedosproject@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 01-Jan-2024 21:59:51 JST The FreeDOS Project

   https://josem.co/the-beauty-of-finished-software/

   I liked this article about Finished Software, and the WordStar example. That was from an era when online updates and patches weren't yet a Thing. Once you shipped that version, that was it.

   My favorite Finished Software is As Easy As spreadsheet on DOS. Very solid, no issues.

   But I'd say many DOS programs were that way too. What was your favorite Finished Software?

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     popey (popey@ubuntu.social)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024 05:00:23 JST popey

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     @freedosproject GWBASIC in ROM on an IBM PC. When at college we learned to code on IBM XT class computers with twin floppy drives. We would often arrive before the lecturer, who held onto the class floppy disks. I would boot to GWBASIC and fiddle around making fun little demos. They'd all be immediately lost when the power was cut. Booting to a programming language in ROM is the epitome of "finished' software.

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