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Article #12198Re: Microsoft Upgrade/Bugfix policy (lack thereof)
From: David Williams
Date: Wed, 09 May 1990 15:21
Date: Wed, 09 May 1990 15:21
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John Mansfield asks in his epic about MicroSoft Word:
>Why doesnt soemone make a word processing program that both READS and
>WRITES the common wors processing file formats? They all seem to READ
>other peoples but why not write too?
As far as I know Claris's MacWrite II DOES WRITE out in the "Common"
WP file formats. Why anyone uses MicroSoft products in the Macintosh
environment is beyond me. Even Apple Computer foolishly uses this
stuff (must be another one of those stupid secret agreements Apple has
will Billionaire Gates).
If you do normal run of the mill WP use MacWrite II or WriteNow. For
grunting out manuals/big honking manuscripts look at Framemaker.
Yeesh, makes you want to buy a NeXT which is still a MicroSoft Free
Zone.
-David
"Sinanju buddy, the real stuff"
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