Re: Word 6: is MS kidding?

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From: Jason Guy
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 1994 21:47

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Christopher T. Garry (fur@ms.washington.edu) wrote:

: I have a Mac 512K with word 3.0 in it.  I also have a 6100/66AV with Word 5.1a
: in it.  They both scroll about the same speed.  When I type a letter or note,
: after a while I forget which machine I'm on because the performance is about
: the same.  Pretty amazing. . . 
: --

Rather sad, i'd say. I wish someone would come out with a *real* modular 
word processing application. Word has a good idea, but even the basic app 
is way to big.

I want my Word Processer to be a text editor at it's minimum (like 
SaintEdit, for example) and grow from there.

I can't wait till AOCE is a reality.

jason.

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