23:26 "In reality, computers let people make mistakes faster and get businesses in trouble quicker unless they are very carefully used" Still holds up a bit, and I specially fear that the raise in usage of Gen AI has to potential to have that effect too.
George Morrow's bit on the "actually-non-computer-using CEO" reminded me of the time when the CEO where I worked expressed astonishment about being invited to a local "tech summit" - "I could understand them inviting [the Chief Tech Officer], but why me?" Even though this was the late 1990s, he had a greater understanding of the contraption on his desk than many in a position like his.
Ughh all the word processing and spreadsheet sales guys in this episode sound as if they are only reciting a speech they have memorized instead of knowing their products inside out.
I mean software sales (saas especially) today is pretty similar. In my experience, the sales guys that actually understand the inner workings of the product are more successful. These days most fortune 500s (top brass like Microsoft, Amazon etc) hire sales people from technical background but back in the day there simply were not enough people. Honestly, I think it's really impressive getting to see these top tier sales people in action. A lot of these guys were probably making 250k base salaries back in the day. You rarely if ever see Salespeople of this caliber on television these days. Yes they are repeating memorized statements but they still sound very sharp which honestly is not something that everyone can do.
@@stratomaster891 True, but still extremely annoying. A top brass sales person is flexible with language and does not repeat sounding like a jumping jack. They can play with language creatively to keep it natural sounding.
@@stratomaster891 Yep they made a ton of money. Rarely had college degrees so no student loan debt. A lot of the homes you see out there in California's nicest neighborhoods were bought by folks like this, in cash.
@26:50 "PC Planetarium is slow as the dickens, takes 15 minutes to draw a screen and 20 minutes to print it. But heck how often do you need a sky chart. PC Planetarium is $52" Lol, yeah buy a $52 program to do something you'll probably do only ones for the Haley's comet craze. Sound investment! :P
First!!!! I always wanted to be the first to make comment.😁 My mom had to learn Star. She was working for the Air Force. When the Air Force switched to Windows she was a lot happier.
23:26 "In reality, computers let people make mistakes faster and get businesses in trouble quicker unless they are very carefully used"
Still holds up a bit, and I specially fear that the raise in usage of Gen AI has to potential to have that effect too.
"So how does Javelin work?"
Well first let me show you this rock
Tabular model is too new for 1985 :(
I looked them up, to my lack of surprise (given presentation issues like what you pointed out) they went under in 1988.
@@K9TheFirst1 They were about to go public right before the 1987 Wall Street crash, and then Oracle ended up buying them.
George Morrow's bit on the "actually-non-computer-using CEO" reminded me of the time when the CEO where I worked expressed astonishment about being invited to a local "tech summit" - "I could understand them inviting [the Chief Tech Officer], but why me?" Even though this was the late 1990s, he had a greater understanding of the contraption on his desk than many in a position like his.
I am sure I watched this EXACT show back in 85. wow.
Dragon speak I didn't know it was that old!!!
@25:32 ouch, this deal is what put George Morrow's company in a downward spiral into bankruptcy that he never was able to recover from.
09:05 - "to use those really sexy capabilities" - I really think he needs his thesaurus tweaking a little...
23:53 - i haven't been able find anything about this Kodak drive...... anyone know more about it?
make column e larger. I miss those days.
I wonder how they managed to sell those software with bad uiux design
I love USA!
Ughh all the word processing and spreadsheet sales guys in this episode sound as if they are only reciting a speech they have memorized instead of knowing their products inside out.
I mean software sales (saas especially) today is pretty similar. In my experience, the sales guys that actually understand the inner workings of the product are more successful. These days most fortune 500s (top brass like Microsoft, Amazon etc) hire sales people from technical background but back in the day there simply were not enough people.
Honestly, I think it's really impressive getting to see these top tier sales people in action. A lot of these guys were probably making 250k base salaries back in the day. You rarely if ever see Salespeople of this caliber on television these days. Yes they are repeating memorized statements but they still sound very sharp which honestly is not something that everyone can do.
@@stratomaster891 True, but still extremely annoying. A top brass sales person is flexible with language and does not repeat sounding like a jumping jack. They can play with language creatively to keep it natural sounding.
@@stratomaster891 Yep they made a ton of money. Rarely had college degrees so no student loan debt. A lot of the homes you see out there in California's nicest neighborhoods were bought by folks like this, in cash.
what no Dbase comparison ...
Wow was George Morrow wrong alot.
@26:50 "PC Planetarium is slow as the dickens, takes 15 minutes to draw a screen and 20 minutes to print it. But heck how often do you need a sky chart. PC Planetarium is $52"
Lol, yeah buy a $52 program to do something you'll probably do only ones for the Haley's comet craze. Sound investment! :P
I remember when Ansa owned Paradox.
All these software are DED!
Paradox is still around and is currently part of WordPerfect Office from Corel - also includes Quattro Pro
@@_chrisr_ Nobody uses that crap LOL
Assumptions assumptions assumptions….
First!!!! I always wanted to be the first to make comment.😁 My mom had to learn Star. She was working for the Air Force. When the Air Force switched to Windows she was a lot happier.
Penguin
Allan is unprofessional