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From: joeb@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Joe Barnhart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading from DOS to OS/2...
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Date: 27 Feb 91 17:54:31 GMT
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In comp.os.os2.misc, chuck@umbc5.umbc.edu (Chuck Rickard) writes:

    	Corel Draw 2.0 (11/90)

Corel for PM is a warmed-over "migration kit" port of their Windows version
1.2.  The "PM" version is only for Draw itself, you still need Windows 
running in the DOS box for the tracing and font utility.  When you print
a page, Corel actually locks up the computer -- it won't even let you switch
to another app during the print job.  It's slow and buggy.  In short: it 
stinks.

I called the Product Manager for Draw PM.  He seemed to be familiar with
all of my complaints, and he indicated there would be a 2.0 version "this
summer."  My advice is to wait for it.

    	MS Word for Windows 1.10

This is a port from their Windows version.  It makes use of no PM features.
No threading.  Lots of hourglass cursors.  Slow.  It's like a sloppy first
draft of their Windows version.  MS continues to prove that they don't know
how to write for PM.  (Or perhaps they don't care about OS/2 supporters.)

    	Aldus Pagemaker 3.0

This is supposedly the best PM app written so far.  It makes extensive use
of threads to minimize the waiting time for operations.  I'd love to give
my personal experiences, but Aldus didn't send me the upgrade form until
their upgrade period had "expired."  They _now_ say the PM version is a
"separate product" and want to charge me full price for the PM update.

In short, great product (from what I've heard) but I can't say nice things
about their support.

-- Joe B.

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