Okay, I admit it, I'm weird. I watch documentaries over dramas, prefer history over fiction, and would just
generally like to learn something whenever I can. Don't know when or how that started, but I can remember as a kid
being taken to historical sites and being fascinated, trying to think what it would have been like to be there when
history was being made. (Although one of the biggest things I remember about Gettysburg was the dead copperhead in
the bottom of the trash barrel.) I have always liked figuring out how things happen, how they work, and how they
connect. So maybe it was just inescapable that I was a Trekkie before the term existed. Lots of other folks were,
too, and the futuristic technology from the show inevitably made its way into our reality. Even the speech control.
Windows 7 supports it natively, which has camps sprouting up on the side of the old standby Dragon, and in the opposite
corner with Windows. I have worked with both, and overall there are pros and cons with each. As with lots of computer
changes, it is generally most comfortable to stay with what you know, but if price trends and stability reports are any
indication, Dragon may be on its way out. So heads up to any of you hard core Dragon users, be prepared to have to
consider some further changes down the road. Who knows? Maybe they can work out the bugs that plague it with Windows
7 installs, maybe not. Heck, it took Microsoft a couple years to work out the Vista kinks and release 7, maybe Dragon
is just in the same situation. Either way, there will be options, it just isn't going to be like Scottie issuing
engineering commands on the Enterprise for a long time still.
