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Re: Where are they now?

Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
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Date 2024-05-26 15:00 +0000
From J Peachey <john@jpeachey.co.uk>
References (1 earlier) <5b217aa73adave@triffid.co.uk> <5b2192a6aeSpambin@argonet.co.uk> <410796215b.chris@mytardis> <mpro.sarhtx002e66s7oko.spamtrap@mw-software.com> <5b66f17a09bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de>
Subject Re: Where are they now?
Message-Id <6f4f23675b.john@user.orpheusmail.co.uk>

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In message <5b66f17a09bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de>
          Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> wrote:

> In article <mpro.sarhtx002e66s7oko.spamtrap@mw-software.com>,
>    Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> wrote:

>> Sorry about jumping in so late, I found it increasingly hard to find a
>> reliable news server in recent years, so I gave up on news for quite a
>> while.

> My dream is a computer club (or foundation?) which is running a news
> server, an email server, a file server, a web server and so on for its
> members and which is publishing a printed magazine (here in Germany with
> the head line 'Datenblatt'), too, and whose aim is also to teach and
> train their members (and non-members) how to use all these technologies,
> independend of operating system and processor architecture.

> It is unbelievable how weak is knowledge of people in that field where
> we have computers everywhere today.

> I'm using RISC OS for more then 30 years now and I will stick to it.
> Under RISC OS you cannot do all and everything today, especially
> belonging the web stuff, but you can do a lot often in a more simple and
> transparent way and because of this you can learn there a lot of basics.

> Today almost everything is so complicated and akwarded. RISC OS is here
> often an expection. It is in the way I like.

> A.

I also agree with you Alexander. I seem to have forgotten more than most 
people know about computers these days. Education seems to be about using 
the basic functions of Word/Excel, with little Knowledge about the 
workings. Perhaps we were lucky growing up with BBCs, Archimedes et al, 
where we could learn. I also miss the likes of Beebug/Risc User which 
helped you learn about the machines.

As to modern machines, most Windows stuff spends 90% of it's life 
continually updating installing stuff. Whereas RISC OS you turn the 
machine on knowing you can get on with the task in hand.

With Iris, I can now do a lot more web based stuff than in the past.

Kind regards
John

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        Re: Where are they now? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 17:08 +0000
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            Re: Where are they now? Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2024-01-13 17:44 +0000
        Re: Where are they now? Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2024-03-22 18:30 +0000
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            Re: Where are they now? Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-03-23 08:18 +0000
              Re: Where are they now? Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2024-03-25 15:50 +0000
          Re: Where are they now? Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2024-05-26 07:47 +0200
            Re: Where are they now? Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-05-26 12:06 +0100
            Re: Where are they now? J Peachey <john@jpeachey.co.uk> - 2024-05-26 15:00 +0000
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            Re: Where are they now? Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@vodafonemail.de> - 2024-05-26 17:54 +0200
              Re: Where are they now? Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2024-06-01 09:05 +0200
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