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From: pete@utcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Veron, Veroff
Message-ID: <1986Dec6.021949.3957@utcs.uucp>
Date: Sat, 6-Dec-86 02:19:49 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  6 02:19:49 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Dec-86 02:31:37 EST
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Reply-To: pete@utcs.UUCP (Peter Santangeli)
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX
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Keywords: verify programs, Microsoft Write
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>Finally . . .
>What is the word on Microsoft Write? I've heard rumors of Microsoft
>pulling out of Atari (a fight between Tramiel and the Pres??) and am
>worried about the future of Write. It would be a bad time if we
>lost them! Remember, these were _rumors_!! Anybody got any _real_,
>_solid_ news??
>
>John Ogawa
>(on a friend's account for December)
>
>Write mail to me here until Jan 1, then write to:
>	ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc6!ix181


	I don't know if this is news or not but... 
	At the Canadian Computer Exhibition, here in Toronto last month,
Atari was demoing (real live software to play with!) write. I tried the
program for about 10 minutes and was *very* impressed. It really seems to
compare with the best of Mac word processors, including dynamically loaded
fonts, and a solid user interface. From the looks of it, it uses GDOS.
	I know there was initialy anymosity between Atari and Microsoft
because Atari decided to go with GEM instead of Windows. Maybe thats what
the rumour were about?

							Pete
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Disclaimer: I don't work for Microsoft, nor Atari. So I might be wrong!!!