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From: dave@island.uu.net (David Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: Any good WYSIWIG desktop publishing software on UNIX Workstations?
Summary: IslandWrite, IslandPaint and IslandDraw
Message-ID: <1818@island.uu.net>
Date: 13 Jul 90 07:38:29 GMT
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Organization: Island Graphics, Marin County, California
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Most of the people here are talking about word processing, and about
Frame and Interleaf.  We have taken a different approach from the
expensive "tech-doc" programs.  Island has taken a graphical approach.

We've created IslandWrite, IslandPaint and IslandDraw (SunWrite, SunPaint
and SunDraw when they were sold by Sun) for people who need to create
letters, memos, reports and newsletters which include graphics - both
vector and raster.

The programs share a common clipboard, so you can copy a diagram or an
illustration from IslandDraw, and paste it into IslandWrite; the same 
goes for grabbing an IslandPaint raster and pasting it into IslandWrite.

Each program runs in a standalone mode, either under OPEN LOOK (on SunView)
or under OSF/Motif; and you can print to PostScript devices from each
program.

I've been using the programs for two years (since before Sun began shipping
them in February '89) and I've done all of my everyday word processing
in IslandWrite, and created lots of freeform and structured documents
in that time.  Our documentation department does all of its documentation
in the programs, too.

We've been shipping (and supporting) the products, which are sold
for $995 together as the Island Productivity Series, since June on Suns.
This month we began shipping OSF/Motif versions for the Apollo personal
workstation series and for the HP 9000 Series 300 workstations via
Apollo Direct.

For more information, I can be reached at ...!sun!island!dave, or
at ..!uunet!island!dave, or you can call 1-800-255-4499, or 415/491-1000.

David Newman
Marketing Manager
Island Graphics Corporation
4000 Civic Center Drive 
San Rafael, CA 94903 USA