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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
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- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Windows 95
- Date: 04 Mar 96 18:09:59 +0500
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- On or about 04-Mar-96 23:50:10 Brett A Johnson typed the following words about
- "Re: FinalWriter for Windows 95". My reply is thus...
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- Hi Brett,
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- BAJ> In <woody-0403960709310001@woody.softwood.com> woody@softwood.com (Woody
-
- >>Thank you for your understanding of a complex issue, David.
-
- >>You complain about the small upgrade fees we have charged in the face o
- >>zero new Amiga sales in the USA over the last year and a half, as well
- >>a complete disregard from AT to include SoftWood products in their rece
- >>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 softwar
- >>already developed for Windows that developers can purchase and include
- >>their programs for a small upfront fee.
-
- >>On the Amiga, we have included everything we could get our hands on to
- >>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 assu
- >>you everything would be in the Amiga version.
-
- >>As far as SoftWood programmers working on a Windows95 version--that jus
- >>isn't the case. No programmer working in-house at SoftWood has worked
- >>any other platform other than the Amiga. An outside company approached
- >>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,
- >>still does.
-
- >>Datatype support, RTF import/export, Tables, AutoCorrect, and a bunch o
- >>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 expens
- >>incur in developing the update. My company lives from upgrade to upgra
- >>and when I read comments like yours, I wonder if it is worth the troubl
-
- >>Woody
-
- >>--
- >>Woody
-
- BAJ> Here is what I have to say.
-
- BAJ> I have a big fan of Final Writer and have owned it since Final Copy
- BAJ> v1.3. I think it is a great product. BUT, I don't think that your
- BAJ> comments are warranted, Woody.
-
- Huh?????? What is wrong with his comments. He licensed the source to a third
- party to develop a Windows 95 version. What does that have to do with the
- development of the Amiga version? I agree we need import/export ability at
- least with MS Word but if you and every else bails out we will never get it.
- Softwood is the best commercial software company in the Amiga market IMHO. I
- own FW, FD, FCalc and have owned Softwood products from the begining and
- have never had a problem with their support.
-
- There hasn't been a significant Amiga Hardware release in almost 2 years and
- still Softwood is in there releasing new software.
-
- BAJ> I have helped support your company for the past 4 years. I have been
- BAJ> waiting for these enhancements myself for 4 years. I have convinced
- BAJ> other Amiga users to buy your products. But I don't like your attitude
- BAJ> towards those who want something they have asked for, for so long.
-
- BAJ> So quit with the comments, because you now have two, and possibly more,
- BAJ> wondering "if it is worth the trouble" paying for your product. What is
- BAJ> said here will play a big part in whether or not I upgrade.
- BAJ> --
- BAJ>
- ________________________________________________________________________
- BAJ>| Brett Johnson Iowa State University / MUTV // AMIGA 4
- BAJ>| bjohnson@iastate.edu Memorial Union Television \X/ 1200
- BAJ>|_______________________________________________________________________
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