| From: | neil |
| Date: | 25 Apr 2001 at 22:29:08 |
| Subject: | Re: Top ten commercial progs on the miggy. |
Hihi
On Wednesday April 25 2001, Mikey C said to All:
MC> Anyhow, I thought that the survey idea was really good, and after a
MC> good couple of hours thought, this is what I have finally come up with,
MC> I wonder how my list comapres with yours?
I found it suprisingly difficult to think up a top ten. I can think of perhaps
two or three programs which I *know* my life would be completely different
without (Zeus BBS, for example) but when I try to think of ten, two things
happen: first, I can't agree on an order. Second, the "perhaps it should be
the top 20. Or 30." thought starts happening...
I decided to forget about games completely or I'd be here all night :)
Anyway.. here's my top ten, as will be submitted on the site, although it's
actually my top two with eight others I couldn't decide the order of:
MakeCD
- Changed the way I think about data. Perhaps it's more that I can now
create CDs rather than the program itself, but it has done everything
I've ever wanted it to do and has done it without complaint.
clariSSA
- I'd never bothered with animation until I tried this.
Deluxe Paint
- Not used it for years, but without it I might never have used the Amiga
for anything but games. Hours of fun with a pioneering interface.
OctaMED
- Something else that pulled me away from games and into the scene - shame
I still have absolutely no musical talent whatsoever, although I do use
it to piece together samples from other tracks.
Imagine
- Cheaper than Lightwave, introduced a generation to 3D. What more can be
said? Combine with clariSSA and impress your mates with Babylon5 anims :)
Zeus BBS
- Revolutionised communications, and I liked it so much I bought the
company ;-)
Scala IC500
- Absolutely top notch stuff. I've only been using it for a year, since I
got a couple of A4000s kitted out with it, but it's been used to create
frontends for a number of pet-projects.
TVPaint
- First paint program since Deluxe Paint that impressed me. I use it all
the time for web stuff now. Hmm, does it count if I got it free? It /was/
commercial, at least..
2. SAS/C
- AmigaE might have been here if it were commercial. E tought me the basics
of real programming, SAS/C taught me the rest. It's a well put together
package -- *too* well, as 'downgrading' to PPC capable compilers is a
real put off.
1. PageStream
- I never got on with v2, but v4 represents one of the best uses you
can find for 180 sterling (apart from an OTT night out maybe). Well, if
you have a need for professionally done documents, anyway.
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