ccloreta@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au (02/06/91)
We are currently considering purchasing DWB Version 3.1 - however due to its significant cost - we are interetsed in determining whether the product is as good as AT & T claim. If your site is running DWB Version 3.1 - could you please forward your comments on the software to me. I am seeking raving reviews from those who are impressed with the software - in addition to horror stories from those not particularly pleased with it. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Loretta... =============================================================================== Loretta Davis DECNET: uqvax::ccloreta Supervising Program Librarian INTERNET: ccloreta@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au Prentice Computer Centre University of Queensland PHONE: +61 7 365 4075 AUSTRALIA FAX: +61 7 365 4477 ===============================================================================
npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) (02/07/91)
I appreciate no one wants my opinion on this one (we develop and support DWB 3.1) but we want to hear good and bad news alike. The official USL position is the DWB is "unsupported" but we are willing to help out however we can. To aid in this, we've established an easy-to-remember internet address: dwb@mhpo.att.com Caveats are: we're not responsible for groff, sqtroff, or a bunch of other variations. Neither did we develop DWB 2.0, although much of the code is the same (comes from Bell Labs research). We have several thousands of satisfied customers internally in AT&T, and these represent a diversity of machine types (VAX, Amdahl, 3B, 6386, Pyramid, Sun 3, Sun 4, even Cray), a diversity of job function (professional writers, secretaries, researchers, managers), and a diversity of demands (technical memos, full length books, business letters, man pages) so we have some confidence DWB will work in other environments as well. My apologies for the marketing hype, but I really do feel DWB fills an important, otherwise unmet need-- a generic text formatter that can be installed uniformly across virtually all hardware platforms (as long as it's UNIX) that supports the gamut of simple business letters to 1,500 page manuals with pictures.