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Almost Perfect
Brian Katcher · 初版 2009 年
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为什么值得读
- 展现早年用汇编语言开发软件的历程
- 记录对抗微软与关于OS/2的大量趣事
- 剖析Windows版本失利背后的文化与傲慢
你伤害的总是你爱的人。Logan Witherspoon 最近发现相恋三年的女友背叛了他。不过，当一名转学生轻快地漫步在他那座小镇高中的走廊上时，事情开始出现转机。在 Logan 不再信任或相信他人的时刻，Sage Hendricks 走近了他并成为他的朋友。Sage 在家自学多年，父母严禁她与任何人约会，但她不愿透露原因。一天，Logan 顺从了自己对 Sage 渐生的情愫付诸行动，然而片刻之后，他便后悔莫及。Sage 终于透露了她重大的秘密：她其实是个男生。En
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我最喜欢的一段讨论了他们在办公室里试图劝阻的事情（第 11 章——http://www.wordplace.com/ap/ap_chap11.shtml ） > 比如庆祝生日、办迎婴派对、凑钱买礼物、推销特百惠或雅芳、组织体育比赛、搞赌池、打电话回家维系感情或者给孩子派家务、八卦或者闲……
One of my favourite passages discusses what they tried to discourage in the office (from Chapter 11 – http://www.wordplace.com/ap/ap_chap11.shtml ) > Things like celebrating birthdays, throwing baby showers, collecting for gifts, selling Tupperware or Avon, managing sports tournaments, running betting pools, calling home to keep a romance alive or hand out chores to the children, gossiping or fli
WordPerfect 在巅峰时期是个很棒的文字处理器，也就是 80 年代和 90 年代初的 MS-DOS 时代。我很想能用上 DOS 版，这篇文章讲的是 Mac 版，我从没用过，所以它没能触发我的怀旧情绪和技术敬畏感（“哇，他们在 4 MHz 的 IBM PC 上用汇编做完了这一切，而如今 Word 或 Google Docs 能把一台快速的现代 PC 拖到跪下”）。
WordPerfect was a great word processor at its prime, that is, in the ms-dos days in the 80s and early 90s. I’d love to be able to use the dos version, the article describes the Mac version which I never used so it doesn’t trigger the nostalgia and technical awe factors (“wow they did all this in assembly in a 4-MHz IBM PC while these days word or google docs bring a fast modern pc to its knees”).
如果你想读读 WordPerfect 是怎么起步、怎么成名的，《Almost Perfect》是本不错的书。他们跟微软斗，书里经常提到 OS/2，有很多好玩的东西。 http://www.wordplace.com/ap/
If you're up for a read about how WordPerfect got started and rose to fame, Almost Perfect isn't a bad read. They battle Microsoft, OS/2 is mentioned a lot, lots of fun stuff. http://www.wordplace.com/ap/
像 Lotus、WordPerfect 和 Ashton-Tate 这样的“大”公司都是在微软成立几年之后才创立的，后来主导了各自的细分市场，而当微软扩张进这些细分市场时，它们被彻底碾碎。 这本讲 WordPerfect 兴衰的书很值得一读。http://www.wordplace.com/ap/
“Large” companies like Lotus, WordPerfect and Ashton-Tate were founded years after Microsoft, came to dominate their niches, and were thoroughly crushed when Microsoft expanded into those niches. This is a great read about the rise and fall of WordPerfect. http://www.wordplace.com/ap/
《The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits》 http://grantland.com/features/the-rise-of-nintendo-video-gam... 还有一本讲 WordPerfect 历史的书，展示了 80 年代一家软件公司是怎么运作的 http://www.wordplace.com/ap/
"The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits" http://grantland.com/features/the-rise-of-nintendo-video-gam... Also a book on the history of Word Perfect showing how a software company was run in the 80s http://www.wordplace.com/ap/
关于任何标着“动态”的东西都无法被贬低的那部分，让我想起了《Almost Perfect》一书里给 WordPerfect 命名的故事[1]： > 尽管这个名字起初不受欢迎，但事实证明它是个好名字。它听起来太正面了，以至于任何批评听起来都不真实。这就像给一块肥皂起名叫“让你看起来更年轻”，这样竞争对手就不得不说些类似……
The part about it being impossible to deride anything labelled 'dynamic' reminded me of the story about naming WordPerfect in the "Almost Perfect" book[1]: > Despite its initial unpopularity, the name proved to be a good one. It was so positive sounding that it made any criticism sound untrue. It was like naming a soap, "Makes You Look Younger," so the competition would have to say something like