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- From: dmeyer@tiac.net (David Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Windows 95
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 22:26:22 GMT
- Organization: The Internet Access Company
- Message-ID: <4hfqme$60q@sundog.tiac.net>
- References: <4hbk06$cne@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <woody-0403960709310001@woody.softwood.com>
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- Woody Williams (woody@softwood.com) wrote:
- : In article <4hbk06$cne@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, djarvis@u.washington.edu
- : (David Jarvis) wrote:
- :
- : > Well it looks like Final Writer finally has True Type fonts, RTF
- : > import/export, 20 different graphics formats imported, and print
- : > previews. There's just one catch- all of those features are on their new
- : > version for Windows '95! Oh, and the real kicker is that anyone who want
- : > can get THE FULL version FOR FREE (minus the spell-checker, grammar checker,
- : > and hyphenator).
- : >
- :
- : 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.
- :
-
- I _do_ hope you have a solid legal document insuring that you/SoftWood
- will benefit from the cash influx that should result from the sales of
- that product! OK, you didn't expend any real effort in the porting
- process, but they built on your established work and you _did_ expend
- significant effort in creating and fine-tuning _that_.
-
- :
- : 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.
- :
-
- RTF import/export is not as good as MS Word import/export, but it is a
- giant step in the right direction. Tables has been high on the wish list
- since Final Copy was the best we had to work with - hurray and halleuia
- that it has arrived at long last.
-
- :
- : 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.
- :
-
- On the other hand, you also get a large number of positive comments via
- this newsgroup. Even when they are requesting new features, most are
- positive and appreciative. Most of us are glad for your efforts. Offer
- some folks a glass of water and they bitch that it isn't Perrier.
-