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Re: Modern Jazz is not to be

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From: Straka
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1988 13:12
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In article <25795@bbn.COM> levin@BBN.COM (Joel B Levin) writes:
|This morning's Boston Globe reports that Lotus Development Corp. is
|dropping plans to complete and release Modern Jazz, successor to Jazz,
|Lotus's integrated environment (sort of like MS Works).  They will
|concentrate on the Mac version of 1,2,3.  Lotus would not comment on
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
May God help us all!  Not that Excel is perfect, but need we RELLY perpetrate
1-2-3 on the Mac world?  I wonder if they will port over the 'look and feel'
of original 1-2-3.  AACK!!!!!!

Perhaps we need to develop a (quasi)new term for poorly-ported programs from
the PC world to the Mac world: "Programs from Hell"

Who knows; maybe it'll catch on!
-- 
Rich Straka     ihnp4!ihlpf!straka

Avoid BrainDamage: MSDOS - just say no!
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From: straka@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Straka)
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Subject: Re: Modern Jazz is not to be
Keywords: Lotus Jazz
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Date: 16 Jun 88 13:12:06 GMT
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