Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!marque!lakesys!macak From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Is Word4.0 here? Summary: Don't believe what you read, especially catalogs! Message-ID: <525@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 9 Apr 89 04:32:44 GMT References: <20033@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <434@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU> Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Distribution: usa Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lines: 26 In article <434@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU> spector@vx2.GBA.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) writes: >In article <20033@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Pablo Fernicola) writes: >> In it last notice, Microsoft said that version 4.0 would have been >> released in the FIRST QUARTER of 1989. Has anyone gotten anything yet? >Well, I haven't heard anything from Microsoft either, but the latest >ComputerWare catalogue, dated April 1989, lists MSWord 4.0 as >available for $247 in both ther "What's new" section and the Word (Several lines deleted.) I've been mislead by this sort of thing before too. I think we have to remember that these catalogs, ads in magazines, and even junk mail are often printed weeks (if not months) in advance of when the info is actually seen by us, the consumers. Well-intentioned companies likely time their ads to appear when the supplier claims a product will be available. Hence we see ads for MS Word 4.0 although it is not yet released. Microsoft is behind schedule. Because of the long lead time required, info from ads and catalogs can be unreliable. MS Word isn't out yet... believe it when you read of it here or in MacWEEK or some other _timely_ medium. Jim -- Jim Macak