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- From: ric@softwood.com (Ric Fischer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: FinalWriter for Win95 is GOOD NEWS!
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 16:21:37 GMT
- Organization: SoftWood, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4ipbai$d2k@phnx2.phnx.uswest.net>
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- wnear@epix.net (Bill Near) wrote:
-
- >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:
- ><>
- ><> : : 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....
-
- >Does the Blue Ribbon Sound Works ring a bell?
-
- The question is whether Woody would be interested in selling just
- Final Writer for Win95 (FW95) or the whole company. Working with him,
- I'd say that he would really rather just keep working on the Amiga
- platform. If I had to guess right now, my guess would be that he
- would only sell the FW95 product.
-
- Of course, I don't work for Bill Gates and, thus, have no idea what
- Bill would be willing to offer Woody for FW95 versus the whole
- company.
-
- And, this is all assuming that Microsoft/Bill Gates even notices FW95.
-
-
- - Ric Fischer
- - SoftWood Tech Support
- - email: ric@softwood.com IRC: Lighty
- - My home page is http://www.softwood.com/users/ric
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