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From: mmunz@pro-beagle.cts.COM (Mark Munz)
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Subject: Re: Market Research
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Date: 16 Dec 89 18:31:56 GMT
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>Everyone knows that there aren't very many productivity programs 
>available for the Apple IIgs in native mode.  Two of the big 
>deficiencies I've no{ed are lack of a stand-alone spreadsheet and lack 
>of a powerful (i.e. dbase-like) data base.  I'm interested in finding 
>out what users think is the most glaring deficiency or perhaps which 
>of the above would be the one they'd most likely HAVE to add to their
>collection if one were offered on the market. 

I think a dbase-like database program would be the most useful. Believe
it or not, I think the "." prompt is the one of the better features
(along with what it represents -- programmability).

The problem I see is that folks think they want a "graphics-based" database
but then they expect all the speed that you'd get from a text-based.
The closer to dbase it is, the better -- for the simple reason that there
are tons of books on dBase III (or IV) on the market which users could
then take advantage of.

Mark Munz