Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
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From: ddl683@sarah.albany.edu (Cinderella Man)
Subject: Re: Claris and 7.0 'friendly' apps?
Message-ID: <1991May13.225624.26473@sarah.albany.edu>
Summary: New Claris Apps?  You betcha!
Reply-To: ddl683@sarah.albany.edu (Cinderella Man)
Organization: State University of New York at Albany
References: <12102@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
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Date: Mon, 13 May 91 22:56:24 GMT
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From dsaltarelli@cmcvx1.claremont.edu come these immortal words:
>I heard a rumor on a local Mac BBS that Claris has some super-apps up its
>sleeve.  Does anybody have any additional information?

>Since Apple owns a major portion of Claris, will this fact show up in
>terms of 7.0 'friendly' applications?  Wouldn't it be nice to have
>MacWrite 7.0, MacDraw 7.0 etc.. which can publish and subscribe?
>(and maybe a spreadsheet too that combined with the hypothetical new
>versions of write and draw would tear down MS Word and Excel...!)


	Well, rest assured, your rumours are founded.  I was just at
the Apple Open House here in Albany, and the Claris apps are on their
way:  MacWrite Pro, MacDraw Pro, and the new spreadsheet program based
on Wingz technology (I forget what they're calling it, something that
starts with an "R" -- "Resolve," perhaps).  MacDraw Pro (beta), from
the few minutes I spent playing with it, looks NICE.  And of course
they all do Publish and Subscribe.

>Please Claris, create an entire line of 7.0 apps that will take back some of
>the market from Billy Boy Gates...

	They are, but wait to see what Windows 3.1 looks like too.
Remember, things like TrueType, developed with Micro$oft, go both
ways.  It'll be in their next version.  And I suspect IAC over
networks (THE biggest selling point of System 7) won't be too far
behind.  The battle ain't over.

	Also, I don't "root" for Claris over MS.  As long as new and
better applications keep coming out, I'm happy.  And Claris, buying
companies left and right, is almost as big a behemoth as Gates' monster.

>D.J.

						Derek L.
						-- trying to ftp into
						   ftp.apple.com for
						   the better part of
						   two hours now.
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