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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: When will new WordPerfect be available?
Message-ID: <91015.122517AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 15 Jan 91 17:25:17 GMT
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>Why are we discussing MS-DOS and Mac applications on
>c.s.AMIGA.applications? Better yet, why are people
>whining about the word processors available on the amiga
>rather than talking about those areas where the Amiga
>has a clear cut edge? So MS Word has DTP features, BFD, there are
>Amiga DTP applications that are QUITE nice, such as ProPage2.0,
>PageStream 2.1... What about the APPALING lack of capability
>on the IBM version of VideoToaster? My God, they are still
>on board revision 0.0 :-). What about the current generation of
>under $500 RGB to NTSC 24 bit boards on the Mac? Sheesh, they are
>years behind HAM-E and DCTV! The point is, some machines do some
>things better. So, let us discuss the Amiga applications that are
>designed for the Amiga's strong points, things that make it unique
>and differentiate it from any other PC on the market. People managed
>to get along with feathers, pens, pencils, and even typerwriters as
>their primary word processors. Surely we can get along with
>WordPerfect, AmigaTeX, dbMan, and Advantage for our business needs.
>And if we cannot, there is always ATonce for $300, and A-MaxII for
>$400 (with Mac ROMs, drive) to let us run pretty much everything
>else.
>
  Yes, you can get along with a pen and paper, but in business and most
 other places, you use a word processor, and the Amiga does not have any
 realy good ones (by good I mean Word quailty).  For the average user yes
 you can get a brigecard and Amax; however, when business buy a computer,
 they do not want to have to go to that hassle.
>OR
>
>PS I STILL want Red Baron, Tempest, and Battlezone for the Amiga!
>:-)
>
>--
>"Nobody in this city would get shot if they just did what the cops
>told them to." San Diego Police Department Officer Shane Martin
>(in SD Union, December 23, 1990)