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Hi,

As most of you know, Appsoft is coming out with a spreadsheet called  
Solution.  It is based on code that was developed at Ashton-Tate by a team  
of programmers including the amazing Bruce Henderson.  We have seen beta  
versions of the A-T product and are very impressed with the 3-D charts and  
the macro language, Wilma.  Appsoft said they will be putting out a beta  
of Solution on the archives any day now.  I'd like to get a public  
discussion going about Mesa and Solution.

I'm interested in hearing what people have to say about both Mesa and  
Solution, the focus of which hopefully will be Solution's strengths and  
Mesa's weaknesses.  There is only one way for us to come out with a better  
product and that is to find out what people in the real world want.   
Please use both the demo version of Mesa (version 1.1 is on the archives)  
and the beta of Solution (if you have a beta agreement with Appsoft that  
limits your discussion of the program, please respect the agreement.)   
Then, either in public (i.e., on the net) or via private e-mail  
(feedback@athena.com) tell us what we're missing, where Solution beats us,  
and what would make Mesa more usable for your application.

I would like to also ask that you do not simply bash either product (I  
occasionally receive e-mail that says "Mesa is really a bad product, how  
can you ship something so bad?"  To which I usually reply, "For example?"   
There are typically no examples.)  If you have a gripe with either  
product, please make a suggestion regarding a fix.  Please be concrete  
with your criticism and offer suggestions as to how to make it better.

I feel that there will be some healthy competition between Appsoft and  
Athena Design.  We are the only spreadsheet vendors that have committed to  
NS 486.  We have a chance to build two very powerful spreadsheet products  
that demonstrate why NeXTSTEP is the best operating environment around.   
Your help in this pursuit is very much appreciated.

David

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David Pollak - dpp@athena.com - NeXTMail Compliant
Attorney at Law,
Feeder of the Bears, Athena Design, Inc.