rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates) (11/08/84)
<> In a more tempered vein. . . my problem with Pournelle's column is that he doesn't seem to have much of an overview of the field. Is he aware of what is going on in places like PARC, with what UNIX is, what ACM does? I understand that the 'average' microcomputer user does not have access to many of these things, but in many cases the user _does_ have access (the algorithms and concepts are often published). In any event, a 'gee whiz, my computer can correct spelling' is more informative when viewed in context of the entire field and history of computing, not just on his specific micro. Rick Coates . . . !tektronix!iddic!rick