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- From: wnear@epix.net (Bill Near)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Win95 is GOOD NEWS!
- Date: 19 Mar 1996 16:59:31 GMT
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- On 13 Mar 1996 13:01:51 GMT, David Scutt articulated:
- <> Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- <> : Bacon Runner (watt@parka.winternet.com) wrote:
- <> : : 1) some of us have pc-clones and hate MS Word.
- <> : : 2) it will help Softwood, one of the Amiga's greatest assets
- <>
- <> : Granted...
- <>
- <> : : 3) it is something to help fuel the development of new Amiga versions.
- <>
- <> : This isn't clear. Woody has so much as directly said that development
- <> : advances on the Win95 version are not always going to be reflected in the
- <> : Amiga version. Whether this is because of industry standard libraries he
- <> : can get for $.01/copy or because code is hard to port is irrelevant, it
- <> : still brings the same result.
- <>
- <> What would most likely happen is that Microsoft would come along
- <> and buy Softwood out - then you can wave 'bye-bye' to any further development
- <> for the Amiga....
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