Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!ukma!dftsrv!heawk1!hoepfner From: hoepfner@heawk1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Excel 3.0 upgrade offer Message-ID: Date: 23 Apr 91 14:23:11 GMT References: <4487@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Lines: 19 long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes: >In article <10959@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin) writes... >>I have a feeling many users are going to do as I am by putting Excel on the >>shelf and buying Claris' new spreadsheet. It's supposed to be similarly >>priced to FileMaker Pro, etc so the educational price will be around $130. > What's this new Claris spreadsheet? I haven't heard about it. Claris's new spreadsheet will also have some of those nice System 7 things built in (according to MacWEEK). Maybe this would be a good time to see how good Claris' (I think that it was called Rival or something) spreadsheet is. And for those of you who use MacWrite II (and will upgrade to MacWrite Pro) there are a some significant advantages to this. Check it out! As always, just my thoughts... --Patrick --hoepfner@heasfs.gscf.nasa.gov