Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!silver!stowe
From: stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Fox in Sox)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ST program prices as compared to other systems
Message-ID: <21758@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 89 21:31:14 GMT
References: <890606.09372998.007881@SFA.CP6>
Sender: root@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
Reply-To: stowe@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Fox in Sox)
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
Lines: 35

In article <890606.09372998.007881@SFA.CP6> Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes:

>    FullWrite (MAC) can be had for $108.00 if one is an educator or
>full time post-secondary student.  It is a fast word processor with
>desktop publishing tools.  Calamus (sp?) costs much more, is limited
>on its fonts, is not intuitive (although with the pirates, I wouldn't
>want it to be too intuitive), and is not easy to use.

Comparing FullWrite with Calamus is on the same level as comparing
apples and ketchup.  They're both software packages, but the similarity
ends there.  Calamus is not designed to be a word processor in any way,
shape or form.  However, according to Nathan Potechin at ISD, there will
be an add-on word processing module for Calamus.  As for ease of use,
Calamus is not intuitive, I agree, but is not at all difficult once
one becomes accostomed to the icon selections.   Additionally, you can not
use an educational discount for one package, but not for the other.  If
you want a comparison, use suggested retail.  FullWrite Professional lists
at $395.  Shall we compare it to another word processor with some desktop
publishing capabilities, like, say.... WordUp?  WordUp lists at $79.95.
Yes, WordUp is slower (although better with G+Plus than GDOS), but for
$320, I think I can stand a little slowdown.

If you want a valid comparison to Calamus, choose a package that is
intended to perform the same function.










stowe@silver.indiana.bacs.edu                    At night the Ice Weasels come.