Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!kodak!nelson
From: nelson@kodak.UUCP (bruce nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Publishing Partner Professional
Keywords: groan
Message-ID: <1350@kodak.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 88 15:39:15 GMT
References: <1376@ssc.UUCP>
Reply-To: nelson@kodak.UUCP (bruce nelson)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY
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In article <1376@ssc.UUCP> fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes:
>I guess I owe this to the ST community.  Yes, I owned PPP for
>about 1 hour.  Groan.
>
Phil, Publishing Partner Professional's schedule slipped one heck of a lot
since it was originally announced. On June 28th +/-, they took a survey on
GEnie, asking if we, the registered users who had sent in the upgrade fee,
would like to recieve a BETA copy of PPPro. The response was almost 
unanimous that we'd like to see it in its present, very unfinished form.

SoftLogik has made it VERY clear that that program DOES NOT WORK in its
entirety. They are the first to admit that there are many, many, many
bugs and crashes. This version was released to show us what features will
be available in the final version. Many of the bugs that are in this BETA
version worked on previous BETA versions.

The ability to import Pub. Partner version 1 files is a #1 priority, as
is the ability to covert version 1 font files.

They have made it abundantly clear that this BETA version was not intended
for anyone to do any useful work with it. The manual is a quickly put-
together so you can see the features. The final manual will fill that 3"
binder they sent. I have faith that the final version will encompass all
the features that they have announced.

The opinions expressed are my own and do not reflect the opinions of my
employer or anyone else.

Bruce D. Nelson            | UUCP: ...!rutgers!rochester!kodak!hawkeye!nelson
Eastman Kodak Company      | Voice: 716-726-7890 
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