A Bad Sign?

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Posted by Bob Mackreth
Mar 21, 2007 at 01:38 PM

This morning, suffering from a flareup of my persistent CRIMPing problem, I browsed through some of my stored “PIM to check someday” links, and downloaded a trial copy of something called “Desktop Set.” The publisher’s web page did not look too promising… everything had a mid-90s look and feel to it… but a minor detail like that is hardly enough to dissuade a serious CRIMPer.

A few minutes later, installation complete, I opened up the program’s calendar module. The initial date that appeared was some time back in 2001, and I quickly discovered the program won’t handle dates past 2005.

Now that, my friends, is a sign of a program whose useful life passed a while ago.

But I wonder what it says about my own condition that I went so far as to download and install the clunker?

CRIMP- some day there may be a cure. Until then, learn to recognize the symptoms, and seek treatment before it’s too late.

Posted by Ken Ashworth
Mar 21, 2007 at 03:48 PM

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Checkout the system requirements at the bottom of this page:

http://www.desktopset.com/default1.htm

Posted by Tom S.
Mar 21, 2007 at 07:39 PM

Bob Mackreth wrote:

>A few minutes later,
>installation complete, I opened up the program’s calendar module. The initial date
>that appeared was some time back in 2001, and I quickly discovered the program won’t
>handle dates past 2005.
> >Now that, my friends, is a sign of a program whose useful life
>passed a while ago.

Thanks for the laugh.

Tom S.

Posted by dan7000
Mar 21, 2007 at 08:19 PM

How about this: even after reading this post, I found myself fighting an urge to go download the software to see what it was.

Posted by Bob Mackreth
Mar 21, 2007 at 08:44 PM

dan7000 wrote:
>How about this: even after reading this post, I found myself fighting an urge to go
>download the software to see what it was.

As they say on the commercials, if this urge last for more than four hours, seek medical attention.

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