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From: chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Re: Status of MS Word 4.0
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Date: 1 Jan 89 17:13:58 GMT
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>As to the delay in Word 4.0's release, I can't say; I doubt it is "excessive
>bugs", as I know a beta tester who has used various beta versions instead of
>Word 3.02 for some time now, and has had nary a crash.

The current beta of 4.0 is very stable. Also, from what I can tell, faster
than 3.01. It does have some bugs, but the one's I've run into are in the
category I'd call "obscure and nitpicky" -- the kind of bug that wouldn't
bother me in a final release, for that matter. I won't go into details,
since I'm under non-disclosure, but I'm really happy with 4.0 so far, and
using it exclusively these days.

>Gee... Ashton-Tate might actually release FullWrite 2.0 near to 4.0's
>release date....

Not unless 4.0 slips a long, long time. FullWrite 2.0 is tentatively
scheduled (according to sources) in at least April. When it'll really ship
depends on whether Ashton-Tate is better at matchings schedules than Ann
Arbor was. 

Chuq Von Rospach	Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms		chuq@sun.COM

When you're up to your *ss in alligators, it's hard to remember your initial
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