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- From: bjohnson@iastate.edu (Brett A Johnson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Windows 95
- Date: 4 Mar 96 18:50:10 GMT
- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Message-ID: <bjohnson.825965410@pv21a5.vincent.iastate.edu>
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- In <woody-0403960709310001@woody.softwood.com> woody@softwood.com (Woody Williams) writes:
-
- >Thank you for your understanding of a complex issue, David.
-
- >You complain about the small upgrade fees we have charged in the face of
- >zero new Amiga sales in the USA over the last year and a half, as well as
- >a complete disregard from AT to include SoftWood products in their recent
- >bundles. You complain about features lacking in our Amiga product that
- >you suddenly discover have been put in a Win95 version. Look, for your
- >information, there is a ton of libraries, utilitites, and other software
- >already developed for Windows that developers can purchase and include in
- >their programs for a small upfront fee.
-
- >On the Amiga, we have included everything we could get our hands on to put
- >into Final Writer. The problem is, there just isn't as much software
- >available, and we don't realize enough sales to justify hiring ten
- >programmers. For the Win95 version, all we had to do was look in
- >"Programmers Paradise" magazine and find all of the utilities we needed!
- >It would be nice if we could do this on the Amiga. If we could, I assure
- >you everything would be in the Amiga version.
-
- >As far as SoftWood programmers working on a Windows95 version--that just
- >isn't the case. No programmer working in-house at SoftWood has worked on
- >any other platform other than the Amiga. An outside company approached me
- >2 1/2 years ago about letting them port FW to run under Windows. Back
- >then it seemed like a good idea, and after reading comments like yours, it
- >still does.
-
- >Datatype support, RTF import/export, Tables, AutoCorrect, and a bunch of
- >other enhancements will be in Final Writer 5 for the Amiga due in April.
- >Since you like to bad mouth us when all we are tyring to do is stay in
- >business, I am sure you would not be disturbed to not get an upgrade
- >notice.
-
- >The amounts we charge for each update is nothing compared to the expense I
- >incur in developing the update. My company lives from upgrade to upgrade,
- >and when I read comments like yours, I wonder if it is worth the trouble.
-
- >Woody
-
- >--
- >Woody
-
- Here is what I have to say.
-
- I have a big fan of Final Writer and have owned it since Final Copy
- v1.3. I think it is a great product. BUT, I don't think that your
- comments are warranted, Woody.
-
- I have helped support your company for the past 4 years. I have been
- waiting for these enhancements myself for 4 years. I have convinced
- other Amiga users to buy your products. But I don't like your attitude
- towards those who want something they have asked for, for so long.
-
- So quit with the comments, because you now have two, and possibly more,
- wondering "if it is worth the trouble" paying for your product. What is
- said here will play a big part in whether or not I upgrade.
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