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From: iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch)
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Subject: Re: WingZ
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Date: 27 Nov 90 06:04:04 GMT
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WingZ is alive and well. I have had the release copy  for months now, although
I got it because I was beta-testing.  If you have  not received your  copy, it
should be a glitch in their ordering system.

WingZ is a  real  nice,  but standard spreadsheet, with  some limitations.  In
particular, some features are not quite intuitive (in particular, why  I can't
highlight three columns and select a 3-dim graph),  and speed was a problem on
the 68030 cube. WingZ should fly on the 68040 cube.

Although I am happy to also receive Improv, I am a bit  sorry for Informix and
Ashton Tate. After all, how can they compete with a free product?  I wish that
NeXT were to give people  a choice between WingZ, Ashton  Tate's  spreadsheet,
and Improv.  After all, Informix and Ashton  Tate have  also invested money in
porting to and  thus  helping NeXT, and seem  to get screwed now. Maybe Ashton
Tate and   Informix will decide  to sell  a  non-upgradeable version  of their
spreadsheet  for real   cheap now  in  order to  build  enough marketshare and
customers to be able to compete in the future.

/ivo welch