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From: goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Apps
Message-ID: <305.27b97b7f@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
Date: 13 Feb 91 21:46:39 GMT
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In article <3428@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes:
> Well, since someone brought up OS/2 apps in use, here's my $.02
> 
> Word Perfect 5.0 is out for OS/2, and DOS users won't be able to tell the
> difference between it and its DOS cousin.  Yes, it's character-based, but 
> I have heard murmurings about WordPerfect coming out with a real PM app.
> 
	Yes, WP 5.0 under OS/2 is fine.  Of course, it doesn't have the
nifty features (table & equation editor) of 5.1/DOS.  The real problem
is that last summer, at the start of the Windows bandwagon, WP pulled
all their PM developers and put them on the Windows package.  I phoned
WP last week, and they said that WP 5.1 for OS/2 PM is now delayed to
3rd or 4th Q 1991.  As the Windows WP has now slipped to 2Q 1991, I guess
that means 1992 for the PM version.  I think WP really blew this one.  Their
decision last summer means they'll be last with a Windows word processor 
AND last with a PM wordprocessor.  NOT smart (imho).

	The other problem is a decent draw program.  Designer for OS/2 PM
is no good: very buggy and VERY slow.  Does anyone know what Corel Draw 
for OS/2 PM is like?

		Adrian
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