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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2001 16:46:38 +0000
From:      Robert Hough <rch@acidpit.org>
To:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The desktop apathy
Message-ID:  <20010529164638.A87972@acidpit.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010529124411.B59899@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net>; from ugly-daemon@home.com on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 12:44:11 -0600
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20010528020324.0487b570@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010527082742.049003f0@localhost> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0105252316300.294-100000@molly.telia.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010527082742.049003f0@localhost> <20010527172838.A11174@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010528020324.0487b570@localhost> <20010528140153.A58103@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20010528153532.0488ac10@localhost> <20010529124411.B59899@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net>

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On Tue, May 29, 2001, Chris Moline wrote:

> On Mon, May 28, 2001 at 03:38:14PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
> > One of the most underrated desktops -- and one I would dearly love
> > to see ported to the BSDs -- is GeoWorks. Tiny, super-efficient,
> > object-oriented, and INCREDIBLY fast. It was shoehorned into MS-DOS
> > with great effort.... The nasty, snaky code that retrofitted it into 
> > this environment could be removed, leaving a REALLY neat GUI.
>
> Say, could you hand me a site where I could see some sreenshots and such. All I
> have been able to find is a whole bunch of stuff on WAP wars and NewDeal.

NewDeal Office is what GeoWorks has become. It's been so long, I honestly don't
remember what the geoworks desktop looked like. I'll agree though, for it's
time, it was damned nice. Not really too sure how it would compare in this day
and age though...

http://www.newdealinc.com/products/products_main.asp?page_name=office

-- 
Robert Hough (rch@acidpit.org)

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