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- From: rohit@NeoSoft.com (Rohit Mehrotra)
- Subject: Re: Brief info?
- Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 21:08:02 GMT
- Message-ID: <BxBC1H.KFx@NeoSoft.com>
- Keywords: Brief
- References: <1992Oct28.225639.29556@cmcl2.nyu.edu> <1992Nov5.044314.3063@ve3ied.UUCP> <Bx9twB.HEF@cmcl2.nyu.edu>
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- In article <Bx9twB.HEF@cmcl2.nyu.edu> snyder@acf3.nyu.edu (Kirk Snyder) writes:
- >
- >So far I've found out very little. I found out that Borland is
- >in fact selling it under the Borland name, and that there is a
- >*very* cheap upgrade to the Borland version for existing Brief
- >owners. Something like $69. I also got one recommendation to
- >try Crisp instead, with the claim that it does everything Brief
- >does and much more. That's about it.
-
- Some clarification on CRISP. CRISP is only available on UNIX platforms. It is
- going to be available for NT in the very near future and maybe under
- WIN-3.1 - (big maybe).
-
- And yes, it is true that CRISP does all that BRIEF does plus a ton more. It
- a full GUI product, however has a character version too. One can run existing
- BRIEF macros in CRISP.
-
- >enhancements I would want, but versions for Windows,
- >Presentation Manager, or NT might be nice. At least it would
- >give me the feeling that the product will be around a while.
- >
-
- I am sure it will, atleast under DOS, and then from their one can go ahead
- with CRISP.
-
- --
- Rohit Mehrotra
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