Thanks to a friend who did keep the old copies of Personal Computer World from the late 80s and early 90s, I now have scans of the David Evnull columns which were my first writing experience.
Things that have amused me...
My use of the term "freely copyable" because back then there was no term "open source" and the only GPL software of note was GCC and Gnu Emacs. And there was no giving URLs for stuff; I was uploading files to Cix so at least there was somewhere online you could easily download them.
The user interface wars and the arrival of X Windows; Motif vs Open Look... Experience put me off the latter, but Motif never did make it. X Windows on the other hand is firmly ensconced on the Linux desktop and there is really no other alternative.
The Amiga 3000UX... I did give it one heck of a kicking in print for sucking (and being expensive suck).
My column which predicted the ACE initiative would be DOA... which became true faster than the columns went to print.
Oh the memories.... Thanks Adrian!
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