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From: buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr (Michel Buffa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Spreadsheet recommendations
Message-ID: <7947@mirsa.inria.fr>
Date: 5 Jun 90 08:53:40 GMT
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In article <136468@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>, cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck
McManis) writes:
|> In article <143@tots.UUCP> tep@tots.Logicon.COM (Tom Perrine) writes:
|> >I currently have MaxiPlan 1.8, which I got several years ago with 
|> >my machine under the old "software bundle" plan.
|> ...
|> >I have tried to talk to OXXI and several others companies about
|> >upgrades, but no one had any definite answers other than to "wait for
|> >PlanIt!" 
|> 
|> Definite answer. Maxiplan 1.8 was Oxxi's, Oxxi and Intuitive Technologies
|> broke up their contract, an upgrade was then called "PlanIt" which was
|> distributed by B.E.S.T and there was a $40 upgrade fee, and then 
|> Intuitive Technologies broke their contract and now sells it as 
|> MaxiPlan 3.0 or somesuch and there is a $40 upgrade fee. The phone
|> number of Intuitive Technologies is (408) 646-9147. 
|> 
|> I've got what is supposedly the "latest" version and it still crashes and
|> it still hits low memory. I wish to God that someone would take this 
|> "prototype" for a spreadsheet and give it to a professional developer
|> and say "Here is the prototype, why don't you write a commercial grade
|> version for us." 

I read somewhere that THE GOLD DISK was marketing a spreadsheet program. DId
somebody try it ?
Professional Page is rather professional and rather bug-free, so maybe this
soft is the answer.

There was also an old spreadsheet program marketed in a package with Organize
2.0, Kindwords, and ? I tried it, it had graphics capabilities, and seemed
bug-free.


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