cfv@packet.UUCP (06/14/83)
Here at my site we used for a short while the 'sc' program distributed over net.sources a while back. It had some ugly bugs and some serious limitations that quickly put it onto the shelf. We recently bought a spreadsheet called 'ViewComp' from the Unisoft company of New York. It cost us $800 for a binary license for 4.1Bsd. It installed exactly as their instructions told me to, and worked the first time. It ran the tutorials exactly as they were documented. Everything in it that I have used works without bugs. The documentation (marked 'Preliminary' in large clear letters) puts 99.9999999999999% of Unix documentation to shame (hint to Unix documentation writers). I no longer know what I did without it. Our company has been using Supercalc on micros for a while. In comparison with Supercalc I don't think it is quite as easy to use, but it does have a very comparable command set and functionality. It uses termcap, so it will work with any terminal with a minimal set of cursor functions. There a few things I would like. The documentation has no page numbers or index (typeset off of Unix, of course). That means I have to thumb a lot to find something. There are a few missing things that I would like that I have been told will probably be in the upcoming upgrade. The company is very quick to responed to comments and questions, and their Hot line people are Very knowledgeable. I can't recommend this product enough. And for $800, you really can't lose! chuck (ucbvax!amd70!packet!cfv)
jrf@hp-pcd.UUCP (06/14/83)
#R:dvamc:-106200:hp-pcd:9800006:000:53 hp-pcd!jrf Jun 13 15:23:00 1983 Look under net.usoft (Spreadsheet Summary) jrf
phil@sequel.UUCP (06/21/83)
We also have the viewcomp spread sheet package. You will be glad to know it also runs under 4.1c (binary only). It is a well done package but does consume large amounts of cpu time to run. I still recommend it highly but not for everyone to use at once. Phil Hochstetler (503) 626-5700 Sequel Computer Systems, Inc. Portland, Oregon uucp: ogcvax!sequel!phil pur-ee!sequel!phil