Re: Word 6: is MS kidding?

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From: Jason Guy
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 03:19

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Mark Horne (EGV3MRH@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU) wrote:
: For all those waiting for Word 6, there was a truly scary story in
: MacWEEK (5/6), which indicates that when fully installed, the app.
: and all rest of the files, junk, and gee-whiz features will require
: 19.4 MEGAbytes of disk space, (the app. only is 3.5 Megs), and that
: it will need a 3 Mbytes of RAM, and 5 Mbytes is recommended.  Are they
: insane?  Why do I need another disk and memory hog application with
: fourteen dozen features I'll rarely use?  (OK, show of hands, how many
: of you _regularly_ use picture, graph and the equation editor?).
: I guess it's time to start looking at other word processors.  Sigh...
: Mark

Yep, kept looking at calendar to make sure it wasn't 4/1/94.

Buy WriteNow 4.0, plus small add ins (likeBig Thesaurus, Correct Grammar, 
etc) to get the features you need. DUMP WORD NOW!

jason.

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From: vantage@ritz.mordor.com (Jason Guy)
Subject: Re: Word 6: is MS kidding?
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