Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:14611 comp.binaries.ibm.pc:949 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ncc!alberta!att-ih!att!osu-cis!apr!las From: las@apr.UUCP (Larry Shurr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MicroSpell, MicroScribe [is it vaporware?] Message-ID: <424@apr.UUCP> Date: 18 Apr 88 17:31:12 GMT References: <451@rabbit1.UUCP> <772@virginia.acc.virginia.edu> Reply-To: las@apr.UUCP (Larry Shurr) Distribution: na Organization: APR, Columbus, OH Lines: 18 In article <772@virginia.acc.virginia.edu> ksj7i@dale.acc.Virginia.EDU (Kenneth S. Johnson) writes: >I've been waiting for the release of MicroScribe for some months now. When >I first received MicroEMACS, its author, Daniel Lawrence, said that Micro >SCRIBE was under development and would be completed sometime in >September. In September, that date was moved to December. In December, >it became January, and in January it became March...are you getting the >idea? As badly as I need this product, it's beginning to look as though >it will never be released...it's following a pattern that we've seen all >too often. I too would like to see MicroSCRIBE, but I don't think it will pay to antagonize Daniel Lawrence, a major contributor to our "net" assets and all for free. -- Who: Larry A. Shurr (cbosgd!osu-cis!apr!las or try {cbosgd,ihnp4}!cbcp1!las) What: "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." Where: _The Portrait of Dorian Gray_ - Oscar Wilde (thanks Glenn) Disclaimer: The above is not necessarily the opinion of APR or any APR client.