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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite
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Date: 14 Jan 88 22:11:21 GMT
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In article <7899@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> isle@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Ken Hancock) writes:
>In article <2626@fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Moi) writes:
>>
>>On the other hand, the betas (while containing bugs) seem to be pretty
>>solid (nothing REALLY nasty).  Which is saying something with a product this
>>complex.
>Where were you when Word 3.0 was released?  People don't care for bugs and
>I'm sure Ann Arbor isn't going to even think of releasing it as long as they
>know some exist.  They don't want a repeat performance of the Microsoft
>Word fiasco.

I wasn't suggesting that bugs could be excused in FullWrite; I mentioned
this to indicate that their betas seem to be pretty solid, indicating that
they were *close* to release.

And you're absolutely right -- AA is doing everything possible to make sure
they release a well-debugged product.  I imagine they're confident enough
that once it's out there, in Working Order, it'll sell like hotcakes.  So
far, I think that's a pretty sound hypothesis.

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