sterling@acf5.NYU.EDU (John Burr Sterling) (11/20/88)
Hi. I just bought a copy of FullWrite Professional through the school bookstore for a great price. But when I open it up, I see that the Application Disk is labelled "EDUCATIONAL USE". I also note that on the bottom of the box it says "Version: 1.0 Educational". I've heard that there is a version 1.1 available. It's Saturday so Ashton-Tate isn't answering the phone for upgrade information. So I thought I'd bother all of you and ask whether you know if this is the real thing. Are the labels just there to prevent inappropriate sale? And when did version 1.1 get released? Should I have any problem upgrading? I'm waiting on opening the plastic wrapped disk till I talk to Ashton Tate. By the way, thanks to Chuq Von Rospach for his well written review of FullWrite's flaws. I hope that Ashton-Tate takes them to heart and fixes up the next release. For now, I'll bank my investment (small with this educational discount, if only it turns out to be real) on their user interface, which many (including Chuq) have said is very good. If I end up dissatisfied, then I'll go back to Tex/Latex and Emacs. Thanks for listening, john sterling sterling@cs.nyu.edu -- - john sterling - sterling@cs.nyu.edu
pv9y@vax5.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (11/21/88)
In article <609@acf5.NYU.EDU> sterling@acf5.NYU.EDU (John Burr Sterling) writes: >Hi. I just bought a copy of FullWrite Professional through the school >bookstore for a great price. But when I open it up, I see that the >Application Disk is labelled "EDUCATIONAL USE". This is the sort of information that I was looking for when I asked if people knew various details about educational versions of programs. John, could you please post the price and whether or not there are any limitations to your version of FWP when you find out? Again, if anyone knows the details about educational or group discounts on software or hardware, please email me. I will summarize for everyone's reading pleasure if and when I get any responses. Thanks .... Adam