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1. 
   Review - Atlantis Word Processor

   1.6.4.2 (Sep 24, 2009)

   I've owned a copy of Atlantis for three or four years now. Why use bloat-ware like M$ Office or OOo if you only need word processing? If you need a spreadsheet as well the have a look at GS-Calc from Citadel-5 Software (http://www.citadel5.com/).
   
   Atlantis is really good.
   
   Regards,
   Peter

2. 
   Review - TextPad

   5.3.1 (Sep 16, 2009)

   This used to be my favourite editor; clip text libraries are a huge productivity booster. I really liked this bit of software. However, its development lagged over the years and its developers were very "narky" whenever this was suggested that they add features other editors had.
   
   Then I found EditPlus (http://www.editplus.com/index.html) - it has clip text libraries, seems to be much more actively developed and a knowledgeable users group. This IMHO is a much better text editor than TextPad.
   
   Regards,
   Peter

3. 
   Review - Atlantis Word Processor

   1.6.2 Beta (Mar 11, 2009)

   Aegis69 - Its better than AbiWord in one particular area at least - you can PRINT your document and it will look like what you typed! A much better comparison would have been OOo Writer.
   
   Atlantis is a very good word processor. Sure you have to pay for it but if all you want is a word processor then you get that without all the OOo and MS Office bloat.
   
   Highly recommended.
   
   Peter

4. 
   Review - Aml Pages

   9.09 Build 2015 (Mar 10, 2009)

   I have been using MyInfo from Milenix Software (http://www.milenix.com/) for many years. Every now and then I try one of the other document outliners but just keep comming back to MyInfo.
   
   MyInfo's UI is first rate and its ability to export to HTML is very neat. I once built a complete website (20+ pages) using MyInfo.
   
   Regards,
   Peter

5. 
   Review - EF Commander

   7.00 (Feb 16, 2009)

   Why not use the older but free version of Servant Salamander 1.52 (see: http://www.altap.cz/download.html#salrel). I've been using this for years and find it indispensable. If you must have the latest versions then purchase Altap Salamander 2.51 for half the price.
   
   Regards,
   Peter

6. Comment - Australia's future is in broadband, says PM

   7.00 (Apr 8, 2009 - 3:06 AM)

   This is simply the same lazy and misleading voodoo economics that the conservative opposition apply to all the initiatives of Australia's progressive government. This network (like the existing copper wire network) will be built to last for tens of decades. While the cost will be borne partially by taxpayers the benefits will last for more than fifty years. ZenMonk also conveniently omits the fact that the Government is committing only 4.2bnAUD to the project with the rest to be raised by investors buying equity in the new company. Its simply a lie to say that the 42bnAUD is a debt on the Australian tax payer.
   
   The opposition (Liberals?) had an opportunity to fix this problem over ten years ago when they privatised Telstra. Had they split Telstra into retail and wholesale telecommunications suppliers at that point in time we most likely would have had a decent internet service. The current situation, created by the Liberals, is unworkable and guarantees that Australia will never have a decent communications infrastructure - why would Telstra build it if it has to then give access away to its competitors? A single backbone infrastructure provider (state or privately owned simply does not matter _ it probably does to ZenMonk) with lots of businesses competing to sell access and services - that would give Australia a technically good and economically competitive telecommunications industry. The Labor Government's network proposal has a very good chance of providing just such an outcome.
   
   If you are going to argue the point then at least be truthful with your arguments.
   
   Regards,
   Peter

7. Comment - Spybot Search & Destroy competitors are trying to force its removal

   7.00 (Apr 8, 2009 - 2:50 AM)

   The solution to this "problem" is very easy; simply boycott products from Symantec, McAfee, Kaspersky and Trend Micro. End of problem!
   
   I thought competition is a good thing, Safer Networking is providing competition to these guys. If they can't compete then get out of the market; don't distort it.
   
   Regards,
   Peter

8. Comment - Nearly 7 years after original, a new Windows XP goes gold

   7.00 (Jul 28, 2008 - 1:00 AM)

   Uuugh! uuugh! uuugh! uuugh!

9. Comment - Mandriva Accuses Microsoft of Dirty Tactics

   7.00 (Nov 2, 2007 - 3:20 AM)

   Below you will read:
   
   "You don't get rich writing checks. Hats off to Microshaft." and
   
   "It's capitalism and competition. Get real!!"
   
   Can I remind you that Enron was capitalism as well. So is Halliburton!
   
   If you think this kind of behavior is ethical then I'm afraid you show a strange view of right and wrong. As others have said, clearly somebody has to pay for Micro$oft's larges and its you.
   
   For those that have a more refined view of right and wrong do something positive about this type of behavior - ditch Micro$oft and try Linux. I have just installed Ubuntu 7.10 and it is simply great (oh! and its produced ethically).
   
   Regards,
   Peter

10. Comment - 8 Fixes Prepped for MS 'Patch Tuesday'

    7.00 (Apr 10, 2005 - 4:22 AM)

    Give Microsoft a break? I tried to install SP-2 on my Toshiba Satellite A-10 PC recently and it simply hung after nearly two hours of seeming to do very little. It then tokk almost four hours to get the PC back to its previous working condition.
    
    Two issues:
    1. I know a little about these things, so what hope does the normal user have given such a problem?
    2. Given I can't install SP-2, how do I get the benefit from these later 'critical' up-dates?
    
    I think Microsoft ought to give me a break, Toshiba portables are mainstream machines, up-grades ought to work.
    
    PS: Googling after this incident revealed that SP-2 problems on portables are quite common!