I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know what happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way back in
the BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have up in the
attic! I remember they went on to produce Impression for the
Archimedes, but then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know what happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way back in the
BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have up in the attic!
I remember they went on to produce Impression for the Archimedes, but
then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 21:41:38 +0000
Folderol <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know what
happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way back in
the BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have up in the
attic! I remember they went on to produce Impression for the
Archimedes, but then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
Why don't you drop them an email?
http://www.cconcepts.co.uk/docs/mail.htm
In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>,
Folderol <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know what
happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way back in the
BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have up in the attic!
I remember they went on to produce Impression for the Archimedes, but
then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
Long time ago now, but IIRC. At the end of their RISC OS engagement, they >produced a graphics app for the Windows PC side of things, called Xara.
Then they sold the rights to Corel so it became Corel Xara.
Corel, who as usual didn't do much with it, and after a few years CC got
Xara back and did some more development work on it.
They are still at Gaddesden Place, and the Xara app I believe is
appreciated in Pro design circles.
Dave
In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>,
Folderol <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know what happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way back in the
BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have up in the attic!
I remember they went on to produce Impression for the Archimedes, but
then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
Long time ago now, but IIRC. At the end of their RISC OS engagement, they produced a graphics app for the Windows PC side of things, called Xara.
Then they sold the rights to Corel so it became Corel Xara.
Corel, who as usual didn't do much with it, and after a few years CC got
Xara back and did some more development work on it.
They are still at Gaddesden Place, and the Xara app I believe is
appreciated in Pro design circles.
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>,
Folderol <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know what
happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way back in the
BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have up in the attic!
I remember they went on to produce Impression for the Archimedes, but
then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
Long time ago now, but IIRC. At the end of their RISC OS engagement, they
produced a graphics app for the Windows PC side of things, called Xara.
Then they sold the rights to Corel so it became Corel Xara.
Corel, who as usual didn't do much with it, and after a few years CC got
Xara back and did some more development work on it.
They are still at Gaddesden Place, and the Xara app I believe is
appreciated in Pro design circles.
Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them?
Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them?
Yes he worked on Xara for sometime since it was based initially off
Artworks. But left after awhile.
In article <410796215b.chris@mytardis>,
Chris Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:
Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them?
Yes he worked on Xara for sometime since it was based initially off
Artworks. But left after awhile.
Anyone know what he is up to now, I know he became a father, but nothing
on his web page since 2021
On 12/01/2024 17:08, Stuart wrote:The only name I remembered was Charles Moir. I see he's still the boss.
In article <410796215b.chris@mytardis>,
Chris Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:
Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them?
Yes he worked on Xara for sometime since it was based initially off
Artworks. But left after awhile.
Anyone know what he is up to now, I know he became a father, but nothing
on his web page since 2021
He's still maintaininig Artworks as far as I know.
http://www.xara.com/about-us locates it at Gaddesden Place, Berlin and
WFH, with a team of 48 members over 5 continents and 2m+ users. The owner ("investor") is Bellevue.eu, a private German company which apparently
also owns Magix.
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.xara.com/about-us locates it at Gaddesden Place, Berlin and
WFH, with a team of 48 members over 5 continents and 2m+ users. The owner
("investor") is Bellevue.eu, a private German company which apparently
also owns Magix.
Interesting
On 12/01/2024 17:08, Stuart wrote:
In article <410796215b.chris@mytardis>, Chris Hughes
<[email protected]> wrote:
Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them?
Yes he worked on Xara for sometime since it was based initially
off Artworks. But left after awhile.
Anyone know what he is up to now, I know he became a father, but
nothing on his web page since 2021
He's still maintaininig Artworks as far as I know.
In message <[email protected]>
Stuart <[email protected]> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>,
Folderol <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know
what happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way
back in the BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have
up in the attic! I remember they went on to produce Impression for
the Archimedes, but then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
Long time ago now, but IIRC. At the end of their RISC OS engagement,
they produced a graphics app for the Windows PC side of things, called Xara.
Then they sold the rights to Corel so it became Corel Xara. Corel, who
as usual didn't do much with it, and after a few years CC got Xara
back and did some more development work on it.
They are still at Gaddesden Place, and the Xara app I believe is appreciated in Pro design circles.
Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them?
Yes he worked on Xara for sometime since it was based initially off
Artworks. But left after awhile.
Chris Hughes <[email protected]> wrote:
In message <[email protected]>
Stuart <[email protected]> wrote:
In article <[email protected]>,
Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>,
Folderol <[email protected]> wrote:
I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know
what happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way
back in the BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have
up in the attic! I remember they went on to produce Impression for
the Archimedes, but then rather seemed to drop out of sight.
Long time ago now, but IIRC. At the end of their RISC OS engagement,
they produced a graphics app for the Windows PC side of things, called >> > > Xara.
Then they sold the rights to Corel so it became Corel Xara. Corel, who >> > > as usual didn't do much with it, and after a few years CC got Xara
back and did some more development work on it.
They are still at Gaddesden Place, and the Xara app I believe is
appreciated in Pro design circles.
Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them?
Yes he worked on Xara for sometime since it was based initially off
Artworks. But left after awhile.
"a while" being 18 years. ;-) I stopped working for Xara two months ago.
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.
Martin
I found it increasingly hard to find a reliable news server in recent
years, so I gave up on news for quite a while.
On 22 Mar, Martin Wuerthner <[email protected]> wrote:
I found it increasingly hard to find a reliable news server in recent years, so I gave up on news for quite a while.
http://news.individual.net - 10 Euros a year and has never let me down
yet. They are based at Freie Universitat, Berlin, and offer a free
two-week trial.
In article <[email protected]>, Brian Howlett
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 22 Mar, Martin Wuerthner <[email protected]> wrote:
I found it increasingly hard to find a reliable news server in
recent years, so I gave up on news for quite a while.
http://news.individual.net - 10 Euros a year and has never let me
down yet. They are based at Freie Universitat, Berlin, and offer
a free two-week trial.
I agree, I've been using nin for many, many years and they are very
reliable.
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.
In article <[email protected]>,
Martin Wuerthner <[email protected]> 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.
In article <[email protected]>,
Martin Wuerthner <[email protected]> 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.
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
In message <[email protected]>
Alexander Ausserstorfer <[email protected]> wrote:
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
Of course you are allowed to have dreams ... ;-) however meanwhile the trouble starts if running a public email server. AFAIR if you should
dare to do so, you have to take into account the requirements of
secret service(s) :-(.
If you are refusing to do so you will got a lot of trouble. Ok
Germanys prisons are still having a "good reputation" compared to
other countries but I must say that I am personally not seeing any
need to take such an "occasion" ... even you might have a lot of time
for club administration ...
With Iris, I can now do a lot more web based stuff than in the past.
In article <3d0029675b.Thomas@tms_netz.vodafonemail.de>,
Thomas Milius <[email protected]> wrote:
If you are refusing to do so you will got a lot of trouble. Ok
Germanys prisons are still having a "good reputation" compared to
other countries but I must say that I am personally not seeing any
need to take such an "occasion" ... even you might have a lot of time
for club administration ...
The task for such a club may not be only running any server but _also_,
and this have to be the MAIN TASK!, train their club members and other
people in dealing with the provided services. How to deal with emails,
for example, because people using these service today but often have no
clue about it.
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