Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bu.edu!transfer!lectroid!angmar.sw.stratus.com!jmann From: jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: new NeXT Message-ID: <2412@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> Date: 21 Sep 90 16:45:45 GMT References: <1990Sep20.214607.1515@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: usenet@lectroid.sw.stratus.com Reply-To: jmann@angmar.sw.stratus.com (Jim Mann) Distribution: usa Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc. Lines: 30 In article , melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: |> |>When people ask for Excel, I tell them about Wingz. If companies |>purchase Wingz(Word Perfect -- and don't forget about Framemaker) they |>are not going to be locked into a hardware company. They can buy |>Macs, IBM PC's, NeXT's, or even Sun Workstations, and use them all |>effectively in an office. If people could effortlessly(i.e. w/o |>reformatting.) load their Word 4.0 documents into WP or WriteNow on |>the NeXT, then it would be an easier sell NeXT's to businesses who |>have already made a commitment to the Mac. I don't suppose Microsoft |>is going to port their wares to the NeXT. They're probably still at |>little miffed at NeXT. Oh well, the price for not getting a product |>to market early in a computer's life is very little market share. |>IMHO, now would be an excellent time for Word Perfect to take a shot |>at Word 4.0 on the Mac. |> You're probably right about Microsoft, and it's too bad. Excel is better than Wingz. Word is much, much better than WordPerfect (yuch). And there are several other good Microsoft products out there. By the way, are there DOS and OS/2 versions of Wingz yet? If not, Excel still provides the best cross platform compatability of any business spreadsheet. Jim Mann Stratus Computer jmann@es.stratus.com