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From: chuq@plaid.Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: FullWrite Professional
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Date: 17 May 88 22:43:23 GMT
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>  DOESN'T IT BOTHER ANYBODY THAT IT WON'T FIT ON A FLOPPY UNLESS
>THE CODE RESOURCES ARE PACKED????!!!!?!?!?

Nope. But then I outgrew floppies long ago. 

Large, complex, powerful programs are why they invented hard disks.
If you want the power, you've got to pay for it somewhere. I happen to own a
number of programs that don't work (or don't work practically) on floppies.
It doesn't bother me at all....

>  I've seen the demo version and it doesn't look THAT much more capable
>than Word to justify an executable of that size.  

It is. You have to really beat on it for a while to see why. I'm sure that
when they have a chance to sit and clean it up rather than trying to get it
out the door, they'll be able to tighten it up a fair amount. I've heard
rumors of significant code shrinkage and speed improvements for the next
release, but I won't pass them along because they ARE just rumors...

>  I also understand that FWP doesn't even run on a 1MB Mac.  DOESN'T 
>THIS BOTHER ANYBODY EITHER???!?!!?

Nope. That's why God invented memory upgrades. 

Please note that System release 7.0 (due out somewhere near the end of the
year) is rumored to only be supported on Macs with at least two megs. If
Apple is pushing past the megabyte barrier, why should others beware?

If you want state-of-the-art stuff, you have to stay on the edge. Staying on
the edge isn't necessarily cheap. Computers are investments. If you want to
keep it at the leading edge, you have to be willing to keep investing. If
you're happy with what you have, fine, but don't try to hold back folks who
are willing to push forward.


Chuq Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM		Delphi: CHUQ

	Robert A. Heinlein: 1907-1988. He will never truly die as long as we
                           read his words and speak his name. Rest in Peace.