Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Multiscribe GS & Dictionary Message-ID: <8907161608.aa24691@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 16 Jul 89 21:05:25 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 >This is the same code that is in AppleWorks GS, and is even less stable >because MultiScribe was tested very little. I'm suprised the speller works >at all. And whatever you do, if you want to check spelling, keep the >dictionary disk in the drive. > >It's been two years since MSGS was released and we are just now getting >around to fixing spell checker bugs in AWGS. Too bad we aren't doing MSGS >anymore. Have you all thought that one through? You just said "Two years ago we offered for sale a program that was not thoroughly checked. Even though it is hardly surprising that there are a number of bugs in it, we've "orphaned" the thing and now tell users that any problems they have with the software are their tough luck. We do hope, however, that they continue to purchase the programs we are selling today." P.T Barnum ("There's a sucker born every minute.") lives? Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)