Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!agate!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun33!gla From: gla@nixdorf.de (R. Glaschick) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Interleaf Keywords: interleaf Message-ID: Date: 24 Sep 90 09:34:37 GMT References: <15057@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Sender: news@nixpbe.nixdorf.de Reply-To: glaschick.pad@nixdorf.com Lines: 22 In <15057@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> lang@PRC.Unisys.COM (Francois-Michel Lang) writes: >Has anyone had any significant experience with Interleaf? >Our research group tends to be pretty proficient with ditroff >and (La)TeX, but we're considering purchasing some Interleaf >licenses. From everything we've heard, it's *wonderful* >and can do anything and everything. If that's the case, >why doesn't everyone out there use it? Is it because >(as I understand it) Interleaf is quite expensive and >a real memory hog, or are there other reasons? We are using Interleaf in two documentation groups and both are very happy with it. But it was only available on Apollos that time, although a PC version should be present now. Keep in mind, that normally the best thing is not the most widespread, the opposite is true in general. (see 80x86 machine architecture, Transputer, and more). -- Rainer Glaschick, NIXDORF Computer AG, Paderborn, W-Germany EMail: glaschick.pad@nixdorf.com (US) or glaschick.pad@nixdorf.de (EU) Tel. +49 5251 14 6150 (office) +49 5254 6238 (home) Fax: +49 5251 14 6569