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From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Multiscribe GS & Dictionary
Message-ID: <10397@claris.com>
Date: 17 Jul 89 20:01:56 GMT
References: <8907161608.aa24691@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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From article <8907161608.aa24691@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, by SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall):
> 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?

StyleWare was a different company than Claris, and did not always have enough
resources to thoroughly test some of its products.  Unfotunately, spell
checking in MSGS was one of those things that just didn't get tested very
much.

Claris has an excellent SQA department, and it is a joy to work with them.
Because of Claris, many things are being fixed in AWGS that StyleWare would
have taken a long time just to find.





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