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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
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- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Win95 is GOOD NEWS!
- Date: 18 Mar 96 14:13:27 +0500
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- On or about 15-Mar-96 20:49:04 David Meyer typed the following words about
- "Re: FinalWriter for Win95 is GOOD NEWS!". My reply is thus...
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- Hi David,
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- DM> Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- DM>: Bacon Runner (watt@parka.winternet.com) wrote:
- DM>:
- DM>: : 3) it is something to help fuel the development of new Amiga versions.
- DM>:
- DM>: This isn't clear. Woody has so much as directly said that development
- DM>: advances on the Win95 version are not always going to be reflected in
- DM>: the Amiga version. Whether this is because of industry standard
- DM>: libraries he can get for $.01/copy or because code is hard to port is
- DM>: irrelevant, it still brings the same result.
- DM>:
- DM> Stop and think a minute: the statement said FW'95 would help fuel FW/A,
- DM> not drive it. Any profit derived from the sale of either version goes
- DM> into a common pot - the same pot that R&D funds come out of. Some of that
- DM> money goes to defining what the product will be (what features, etc) and
- DM> this can be shared between the two. The rest of that money goes to
- DM> turning the design list into code and testing it. It is quite possible
- DM> that FW'95 could be an inconsequential player in the Win'95 world yet
- DM> still provide SoftWood with more profit than all their other products
- DM> combined! This would allow them to put more resources into each of their
- DM> coding efforts - and still retain more profits. The two programs would
- DM> not need to be identical, there is no good reason why they ought to be.
- DM> They should share most of the same major features, though, and be able to
- DM> share their files. Any clearer now?
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- One thing that *EVERYONE* is forgeting is that Softwood is *NOT* doing FW'95
- in house. They licensed it to a third party. So why should it affect the Amiga
- version.
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