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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: What happened to Wingz spreadsheet program?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.051453.10723@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov16.072856.10294@cs.joensuu.fi> <1992Nov17.020542.25750@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:14:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.020542.25750@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rjones@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ronald Jones) writes:
- >>Some time ago I remember seeing a nice spreadsheet for OS/2 1.X.
- >>It was named Wingz, and now when OS/2 has matured a bit I decided
- >>to find out if there I would be able to buy a new version of Wingz...
- >>But I have been unable to find anything about the program... What happened?
- >>Did it disappear from the marketplace?
- >>Or is the case just that it is not sold in Finland anymore?
- >>Thenks for your help,
- >I use WIngz for OS/2 it is an INFORMIX product and comes with Windows
- >and OS/2 versions in the same box. I got the education version, which was
- >quite cheap ($125 I think). I don't think its been updated, mine is ver 1.1
- >and I haven't received any upgrade notices. Their number is 913 492-9922
- >if you're interested.
-
- Byte noted recently, in a roundup of spreadsheets, that Wingz was so
- ahead of its time that it is only now being eclipsed by other packages
- in certain respects. Hence, they couldn't see the need for upgrades
- either, and they still think highly of the product.
-
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