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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: When will new WordPerfect be available?
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Date: 15 Jan 91 19:02:11 GMT
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In article <91014.113702AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu> AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>
>     God I hate my self for saying this but, Mark Barret is right about the
>applications in the Amiga world.  Have any of you who are flaming MB tried
>Word or 123?  Word for the MAC is one of the best, if not the best,
>wordprocessors around.  I have tried both Excellence and ProWrite (Yes, the
>latest versions) and still they don't compare to Word.  

What do you want a word processor for anyway?  Real Men write directly in
DTP programs.  Or in markup languages, like TeX or Scribe.  No word processor
is powerful enough.  

>As for Spreadsheets, 123 is the best.  Why because it is the standard (please 
>no flames :) ).  

I shouldn't have to point it out, but that statement is identical to saying
"As for Operating Systems, MS-DOS is the best.  Why, because it is the 
standard".  I don't hear that one, even from PC enthusiasts, all that often.
Being the standard may, in some cases, make something very useful, since it
can tap into lots of work that's been done already.  It is never sufficient
to make it "The Best".  And in many cases, the leader in a field falls
behind in terms of functionality, simply because there's no strong force 
driving any improvements.  If all everyone ever hears is "Spreadsheet == 123",
and its difficult to get any work done in a business environment with any
other spreadsheet, then 123 could be the worst, in terms of actual features,
and still lead the pack.  While its doubtful 123 is the worst, its equally
doubtful that its the best, especially since Lotus themselves has developed
a "better" spreadsheet that's not 123 any more than Gold Disk's or MicroSoft's
spreadsheets are.

>                                             Ajai


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