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Article #1141Re: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of. The Question: Why ??
From: Terry Thiel
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 13:21
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1992 13:21
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Rudolf R. Sinkovics <sinkovics@wu-wien.ac.at> writes: >wardw@CS.ColoState.EDU (william bradley ward) >There have been lots of complaints concerning Word 5.0 (for Macintosh) >features. >I think the real question is how Microsoft can manage to implement >features like cross-referencing/auto-table numbering/... in a Dos Version >(Word 5.0 for Dos, already some 2 years old has all these features) or >put them in Windows versions of this word-processing program (Winword 2.0 >is almoust in any respect superior to what Word 5.0 for Macintosh offers >- apart from those things offered by the system) while neglecting the >Macintosh users. >I sometimes ask myself whether there is a common strategy behind all this. I think there are two reasons they do this; 1) Microsoft does not want the Mac version to be as good as the Windows version becasue Windows only real competition is the Mac. 2)They like frequent major upgrades and the major revenue it brings in. Last year I upgraded to Excel 3.0 for $129, this year I upgrade to 4.0 for $99. This is just my opinion and not based on any facts. -Terry .
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!tlt38517 From: tlt38517@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Terry Thiel) Subject: Re: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of. The Question: Why ?? References: <Aug02.052754.34792@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> <SMITTIE.92Aug3143556@lark.csulb.edu> <1992Aug4.085316.24779@ugle.unit.no> <1992Aug6.103307.3357@nestroy.wu-wien.ac.at> Message-ID: <BsKD43.G8n@news.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@news.cso.uiuc.edu (Net Noise owner) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1992 13:21:38 GMT Lines: 23