[net.unix] hot rumors 101

turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) (04/02/86)

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mircosoft is releasing Word 3.0 (word processor) and Multiplan 2.0
for both Xenix and MSDOS this summer and they say that the code will
be transportable to other UN*X systems, anyone heard anything more
on this ? confirm/deny etc. ?
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Name:	James Turner
Mail:	Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101
        Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101
AT&T:	(408) 986-9400
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campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell) (04/07/86)

> mircosoft is releasing Word 3.0 (word processor) and Multiplan 2.0
> for both Xenix and MSDOS this summer and they say that the code will
> be transportable to other UN*X systems, anyone heard anything more
> on this ? confirm/deny etc. ?
> -- 
> Name:	James Turner
> Mail:	Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101
>         Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101
> AT&T:	(408) 986-9400
> UUCP:	...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner
> CompuServe: 76327,1575

AT&T just announced Word, Multiplan, and dBase III for the AT&T 7300
(a.k.a. Unix PC).  I would be very surprised if Xenix versions of these
programs were not announced shortly.

(I have removed net.micro.atart16 and net.micro.amiga from the original
newsgroup list;  this stuff is irrelevant to them.)
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rjk@mrstve.UUCP (Richard Kuhns) (04/08/86)

In article <317@imagen.UUCP> turner@imagen.UUCP (D'arc Angel) writes:

>mircosoft is releasing Word 3.0 (word processor) and Multiplan 2.0
>for both Xenix and MSDOS this summer and they say that the code will
>be transportable to other UN*X systems, anyone heard anything more
>on this ? confirm/deny etc. ?
>Name:	James Turner
>Mail:	Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101
>        Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101
>AT&T:	(408) 986-9400
>UUCP:	...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner
>CompuServe: 76327,1575


I don't know which version it is, but I currently have Multiplan running
on an AT&T 3b2/310.  It's not the best spreadsheet in the world for a
UN*X system -- I don't have the faintest idea how it decides the maximum
size for a spreadsheet.  I have a spreadsheet that fits on 1 8 1/2x11
page, and Multiplan tells me I have 83% of my storage left (I have
2 MB RAM).  But it *is* Multiplan -- if you learned Multiplan on a
CP/M system, you won't have any trouble.
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Rich Kuhns		{ihnp4, decvax, etc...}!pur-ee!pur-phy!mrstve!rjk

wescott@sauron.UUCP (Michael Wescott) (04/14/86)

In article <238@mrstve.UUCP> rjk@mrstve.UUCP (Richard Kuhns) writes:
> ... I currently have Multiplan running
> on an AT&T 3b2/310.  It's not the best spreadsheet in the world for a
> UN*X system -- I don't have the faintest idea how it decides the maximum
> size for a spreadsheet.  I have a spreadsheet that fits on 1 8 1/2x11
> page, and Multiplan tells me I have 83% of my storage left (I have
> 2 MB RAM).  But it *is* Multiplan -- if you learned Multiplan on a
> CP/M system, you won't have any trouble.

We've offered Multiplan on the Tower for a number of years and FINALLY
there is a version which allows for much larger spread sheets, and has
a few nice features like a shell escape...

	-Mike Wescott
	NCR Corp.
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