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Article #6720Re: Describe 5.0
From: Myron Joseph Sloboda
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 00:00
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: I found it, after someone else told me, in a German sloooow site. I will : upload it on hobbes.nmsu.edu so you should be able to get it from there. : George. While you are in the evaluation mode, please consider checking out the ClearLook demo. Bruce Byfield wrote a fine review for this product in the Feb. issue of OS/2 Professional basically emphasizing the strengths of this program in terms of its speed, and intelligence of design exploiting the benefits of an OS/2 workplace env. I think it is one of the only *true* native os2 programs. There is a v1.1 demo available at Hobbes, the program itself is up to v1.5beta available to registered users, and soon to be released publically. Interpretative mode ON (looking for clarification by a programmer): The meaning of "nativity" is a tricky thing. As far as I know DeScribe is better described (no pun intended)... as a native 32-bit program, but not merely native os2--ie., its code is specifically designed with parameters that allow calls specific to a particular 32-bit OS ...the "advantage" here (presumably) is interoperability among a variety of 32-bit platforms ...the disadvantage is a larger, slower program. Interpretative mode OFF. Regardless of the semantics, many of us are impressed by CL's "modularity" (ie., its de-centralized command structure allowing different cells to be opened for different functions, each capable of being placed, dragged, dropped, etc... across the wps.) InterComm (a native os2 communications program v92--available at hobbes--also exploits this modularity aspect native to os2. John McCarron the CEO of CL regularly answer mail in the comp.os.os2.* newsgroups. From my experience, he is available, open, and quite interested in users suggestions. Suffice it to say, my experience with DeScribe's CEO, Jim Lennane has been...well, don't get me started. Of course, one doesn't have to like the CEO to benefit from the product, for me, however, I make a point to factor in these considerations when purchasing a product. L8R. -- + - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ | When Power grows gracious and descends into the visible, I call such a | | descent Beauty (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) | +-msloboda@epas.utoronto.ca Myron Joseph Sloboda University of Toronto-+
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1044c2,cf3912f61c9f2912 X-Google-Attributes: gid1044c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a752,cf3912f61c9f2912 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a752,public X-Google-Thread: 112d6c,cf3912f61c9f2912 X-Google-Attributes: gid112d6c,public From: msloboda@blues.epas.utoronto.ca (Myron Joseph Sloboda) Subject: Re: Describe 5.0 Date: 1995/04/15 Message-ID: <3mojqp$6le@alpha.epas.utoronto.ca> X-Deja-AN: 100432122 references: <Pine.OSF.3.91.950415192047.28533A-100000-100000-100000@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU> followup-to: aus.computers.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps organization: University of Toronto, EPAS Computing Facility newsgroups: aus.computers.os2,comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.apps