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Services. 2026-01-20 10:45:01 - Paul D. Foy - TextEffect With the retiring of the Windows application 'Wordpad', I found balatedly that I actually had a use for this application. Initially the project started as one of developing ways to programmatically colour the words of a small document in different ways. I found that I then went on to develop a whole Wordpad like application for manipulating text (which actually has the ability to save output as a . pdf as well). This got me thinking with the coercian coming from America what the steps would be to replace reliance on Big Tech (office-like) software. Perhaps it would start from this one enhancing it so that it has full Word-like features, but still based on a Windows operating system initially say. So if they are still letting us use Windows and development tools we start by replacing office-like products (but on Windows still). But if there is the nuclear option and use of Windows is no longer permitted (even if we've bought it) we're onto the present day alternatives - Linux - developign a good development environment, the compiler (I know students used to do this, i had a friend who did!) and then the products. We've got and have learned all the analogies for development and that's half the battle. A very big task I must admit and the profit motive wont serve very well at all. But if our friends declare war on us so be it. We've now got the Germans on our side this time :). We've also developed new operating system before for starting completely from scratch (Bosch does this, for example, I know). Strange times. 2026-01-20 10:51:01 - Paul D. Foy - This is the application - TextEffect.  Post a comment: |