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- From: dmeyer@tiac.net (David Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Can Final Writer do tables?
- Date: 12 Feb 1996 17:52:26 GMT
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- David Jarvis (djarvis@u.washington.edu) wrote:
- : < return of the WW vs FW wars deleted >
- :
- : >Enough of this.
- : >When will both of you get your act together and catch up with Microsoft
- : >Word 5 for Mac?
- : >Digita, you should take note that it runs acceptably fast on a 68000
- : >based Mac Plus with 1 MB, just requiring a hard drive.
- : >Softwood, notice that it has all the basic word processing features
- : >(non-breaking spaces, tables, equation editor, view invisibles etc.)
- : >rather than concentrating on useless interface gimmicks.
- : >I look forward to WW6 and FW6, I hope!!!
- : >
- : Hear Hear! Applause and Encore! The FW interface is nice. MS Word or
- : at least RTF import/export would be better, along with true table, not
- : just Arexx scripts tabbing it and drawing it (the one change and it's all
- : gone syndrome).
- :
- One more voice for "stop the war" and "you are both good" and "you could
- both be better".
- :
- : Killer programs sell computers, not the other way around.
- :
- Not hardly. The PC has only recently taken the lead in the "killer
- programs" area. The general pattern has been that some other platform has
- taken to bragging about this, that, or the other and the PC hoards have
- dismissed it all as "too techie" or "toys" or ... then someone developes
- the like for the PC and those same hoards claim a great break-through.
- Marketting and positive name recognition come first in computer sales.
- :
- : Without the cross-platform compatibility at even the word-processor level,
- : I just can't justify spending serious money on the Amiga anymore!
- :
- : Before people say to "just get an IBM", I say that I prefer the Amiga
- : interface and OS-power over anything else out there. If all I wanted was
- : to play DOOM (the PC killer app that made multimedia home machines take
- : off), I'd sell my trusty A1200 in a second.
- :
- The PC lacks cross-platform capability on _any_ level. The Mac has
- developed some PC compatibility and Microsoft has insured that the
- programs that it produces for both platforms are mutually compatible.
-
- Oh, and DOOM is a game, not an App. Yes, it has been the final straw in
- the sales of many home PCs, but it is still just a time waster.
-