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From: rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis)
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Subject: Re: JAZZ vs Microsoft ??
Message-ID: <319@faron.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 16:52:59 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 30 16:52:59 1985
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In article <397@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA> tdn@cmu-cs-spice (Thomas Newton) writes:
>If you have a 512K Mac, which you'd need to run JAZZ, you can move back and
>forth between FILE, WORD, MULTIPLAN, and CHART by using the Switcher.  I'm not
>sure how much disk swapping would be involved (I have WORD and a 128K Mac).
>
>                                        Thomas.Newton@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA
You have a good point here.  What's all the hoopla about Jazz when the Mac
already has the capability to exchange information between programs?

Why would anyone want to pay as much as two or three of the good separate
programsfor a giant program that does a little bit of everything.  I think
that many of the benefits of programs like Framework and Symphony, which
were successful on the PC, are lost on the Mac.  This is because the Mac
already has a pretty consistent user interface and already has the ability
to cut and paste things between programs.

Why would you buy Jazz when you could get a better spreadsheet (Excel), a
better database (there are several), a better terminal program ... And you
could probably buy most of these for the same price as Jazz.  Perhaps many
people have not yet tried Switcher .... Am I missing something (besides
Hotview)????