Hello Doug,
Couldn't agree with you more about Usenet Anarchy. I
rather enjoy the roiling contention and verbal fur
flying. Let everyone express themselves, I say.
You wrote:
-> It's been a while since I looked at SLMR, but doesn't it have twit
-> filter capability? (better use it quick, Sam is x-posting Helmar's
-> work here!)
If Helmar has something interesting and useful to say (and
he frequently does, despite his propensity to  spew flame
bait) I will indeed cross post it here.
I thought his review of the Nokia "smart phone" very
informative and not at all inflamatory.
I am not interested in fanning any flames myself, but will
try to use good judgement.
My personal opinion is that there could be a market for
Geoworks Ensemble\New Deal Office especially in Africa,
South America and parts of Asia where lower end hardware
is apt to be found. Especially if it  develops Internet
capability.  I'd be willing to bet that New Deal shares that
opinion. The newsletter/home publishing market can't be
very big or very lucrative. But a complete home computing/small
business suite that includes a good web browser will
attract some attention.
It may be too late, which is Helmar's understandable frustration. I
think the parade is rapidly passing.
For myself, I like Geoworks because it will run just fine on
the low end equipment that I can afford to buy for myself
and my kids. But I don't see how New Deal is going to make any
money unless it improves the product rather rapidly.
If you have an opinion about what sort of material should be
cross posted from comp.os.geos I'd be happy to hear it.
Sam
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