Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watcgl!electro!ignac
From: ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: WRITE (retraction of FLAME)
Message-ID: <446@electro.UUCP>
Date: 30 Mar 89 14:46:28 GMT
References: <4085@druhi.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ignac@electro.UUCP (Ignac Kolenko)
Organization: Electrohome Ltd., Kitchener, ON
Lines: 38

In article <4085@druhi.ATT.COM> terrell@druhi.UUCP (TerrellE) writes:
>
>I'm going to retract some of my flame about MS WRITE.

no, no, don't do it, don't do it!!!!!!!			:-)  :-)

>
>IN SUMMARY, I would like to replace my flame with the following:
>MS Write for the Atari ST does have bugs, as does ANY initial version of
                                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
>a program. 


unfortunately, it doesn't look like there are gonna be any more versions
from microsoft. so the initial version is the final version. 

i don't understand why atari just didn't hire any programmers to fix the
damn bugs in write. the program itself has promise, but the stupid little
bugs are just too annoying to work with.

>   		 None of these bugs are "show-stoppers".  The output of the 
>program using GDOS fonts (at least on my EPSON compatible) is OUTSTANDING.
>Although the setup process is confusing, and can result in setups that
>"almost work", with some fiddling around things can be set up properly.
>

as should any program using gdos, its fonts, and the supplied printer
drivers. i don't think that microsoft is responsible for any of that!!

as it stands, ms write is usable for small jobs. for any large word processing
jobs, you just can't trust it.


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Ignac A. Kolenko (The Ig)          watmath!watcgl!electro!ignac      

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