Randys Rumor Rag 1995 02
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Randys Rumor Rag
· 26 Apr 2019
RAndY's RumOR RaG February 1995 NEWS IN YER FACE Under the heading of dumb software comes Microsoft Bob. I've discussed this stupidware previously in this column, but now Microsoft is starting to hype it. Let's see, a piece of paper on a desk represents a word processing application, cartoon characters like a dog called Rover which give on-line help via text statements, and Microsoft says that eventually the characters will have speech capabilities. Who asks for this crap? Some industry wonk recently predicted, "I think in five years some kind of talking head will be the standard way the computer communicates." Not on my machine, buddy. ...