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From: bochner@lange.harvard.EDU (Harry Bochner)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop,comp.text
Subject: Re: Anyone have experience with Island Write,Draw & Paint?
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Date: 29 May 91 21:07:23 GMT
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In article <1991May28.082241.22523@canon.co.uk>, laukee@canon.co.uk (David Lau-Kee) writes:
> rrg@fibercom.COM (Rhonda Gaines) writes:
> >The header says it all.  I would appreciate any comments you have on this 
> >package (good or bad).  Will it run under X11?  We have a varied Sun setup
> >and want a package that will run on all the platforms we have.
...
> The thing that really bugged us was the way the promotional literature
> misled us into assuming that it would run fine under OpenWindows.  In fact,
> what we got was a SunView implementation of an OpenLook conformant-ish
> interface, which would kind-of run in that kind-of SunView compatibilty mode
> which OpenWindows kind-of has.

The real X-based version for OpenWindows has been out for about 6 months.
Despite several version updates, however, IslandWrite still seems to be buggy and
unreliable. (I don't have enough experience with I-Draw or Paint to comment on
them.) I can't recommend it. My experience with FrameMaker is much more positive:
I recommend that you get their free demo and try it out.
-- 
Harry Bochner
bochner@das.harvard.edu