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Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 15, 2023 at 01:43 PM
Well, dancing has symmetry with outlining. Placing feet and body in the right order. Hoisting. Indention moves.
I can see the rationale.
Quantum-ish wrote:
I just tried the maxthink.com website. It’s no longer about the
>software, but now is about Contra Dancing in Colorado Springs.
Posted by Lucas
Aug 15, 2023 at 11:07 PM
For reference, note that, in addition to the thread already cited that discusses Maxthink, there is also another previous thread from 2013 where people were discussing how to get in touch with Neil:
https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/4989
Also note that there is still, as of this writing, a page on the website about Maxthink software with a download link (and a phone number):
http://maxthink.com/download.htm
Posted by Listerene
Aug 27, 2023 at 09:40 PM
If he’s still alive—and I think I remember hearing of his death but I could be wrong—he must be in his mid-80’s by now (so in the best of cases, he might not now be the dude you remembered). AFA Maxthink for Windows, there’s a buy/download link on maxthink.com but it wasn’t functioning for me & I wouldn’t trust it even if it were.
I was a pretty heavy user of the dos version a LONG time ago and at one time there was a not-copy protected dos version floating around in (what must’ve been) the early 2000’s (whether official or not, it was the actual app) BUT it did not age well and it wasn’t much worth using.)
Time to move on; modern outliners might not have the quirky personality of MT but they’re infinitely more capable. While I, too, sometimes get nostalgic over the early days—when 1-man shops were blazing trails forward & home-grown user-groups ruled the day—the reality is that they really weren’t terrible GOOD trails & rulers and they’re probably best relegated to the dustbin of history.
Nevertheless it WAS an exciting time and I’m glad I experienced it. That being said, this thread is making me feel very old.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 28, 2023 at 03:09 PM
I am surprised that there is no wikipedia entry for Neil Larson, a pioneer in software thinking tools.
Listerene wrote:
If he’s still alive—and I think I remember hearing of his death but I
>could be wrong—he must be in his mid-80’s by now (so in the best of
>cases, he might not now be the dude you remembered). AFA Maxthink for
>Windows, there’s a buy/download link on maxthink.com but it wasn’t
>functioning for me & I wouldn’t trust it even if it were.
>
>I was a pretty heavy user of the dos version a LONG time ago and at one
>time there was a not-copy protected dos version floating around in (what
>must’ve been) the early 2000’s (whether official or not, it was the
>actual app) BUT it did not age well and it wasn’t much worth using.)
>
>Time to move on; modern outliners might not have the quirky personality
>of MT but they’re infinitely more capable. While I, too, sometimes get
>nostalgic over the early days—when 1-man shops were blazing trails
>forward & home-grown user-groups ruled the day—the reality is that
>they really weren’t terrible GOOD trails & rulers and they’re probably
>best relegated to the dustbin of history.
>
>Nevertheless it WAS an exciting time and I’m glad I experienced it.
>That being said, this thread is making me feel very old.
Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 28, 2023 at 09:10 PM
Not a dedicated article, but he is mentioned in “History of the web browser”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_web_browser
Stephen Zeoli wrote:
> I am surprised that there is no wikipedia entry for Neil Larson, a pioneer in software thinking tools.