Yeah dude, just outside Seattle, isn't it?

Oh, wait. The office you are looking for cannot be found....

Yup. Here.

We lived up there for seven years, but I worked at Aldus which (at the time) was in Pioneer square downtown.

I knew about Steve Ballmer's involvement is Seattle sports, and Paul Allen's Experience Music Project, but still didn't associate Microsoft with Washington State.:smack:

You see. You really do learn something new every day at the Cellar.

Wow, self-referential thread. :p

I've been at work for less than 30 minutes and have had 2 already.

Caller "Our mouse isn't working."
Me "You're using _____ application?"
Caller "Yes"
Me "You can't use your mouse in the ______ application, only the keyboard." (its a dos based program)
Caller "We always use our mouse!"
Caller to another person in room "We always use the mouse for ______, she's saying we can't!"
Caller to me "Oh, nevermind, we don't use it."

I'm trying to figure what application still supports a dos version and not coming up with anything.

. . . or a company that is still using them and why.
I admittedly don't know jack about programming, but I just assumed the DOS based programs were replaced a decade ago.


I now get skeered when I see a c: prompt flashing at me - its been too long.

Either they haven't, or they're using decade or older programming. I don't think MTP would lie.

I never implied she was.

You're really reaching here, man. Quit seeing grievous insult where there is none.

I know a lot of companies that still use DOS programs. Well, they did when I did computer repair a few years back. A textile company jumps to mind first.

That same company I worked for liked to install Win98SE whenever possible. This would have been ... 2004 I think? Right around there.

I work with a 'DOS based' program every day. You can use the mouse...but not to navigate....only to highlight, right click and copy/paste info displayed on the screen.

ADP dealer suite

IT sucks. the most NON-intuitive random crap evar. but it's our main interface for the things we do in a car dealer. I'll take screen shots tomorrow if anyone wants to see.

Never underestimate the stinginess of a manager whose system is struggling on. In 1999 I did a stint at a major city daily newspaper where they used monochrome monitors, non-standard keyboards, and software to match. It must have been pre-1988 at least.

Wow - thats interesting - I really had no idea there were that many still around.