tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) (02/12/91)
Well, since someone brought up OS/2 apps in use, here's my $.02 Word Perfect 5.0 is out for OS/2, and DOS users won't be able to tell the difference between it and its DOS cousin. Yes, it's character-based, but I have heard murmurings about WordPerfect coming out with a real PM app. SPSS has done what appears to be a VERY nice job on SPSSx for OS/2; I say appears because I'm not a heavy user--I support mostly beginning SPSS users. Has anyone mentioned Lotus 1-2-3 G? It looks and feels very nice, although it's about 3 times slower than Excel. And well, I hate to admit it at last, but I've grown rather fond of REXX. Yes, I know, it's not C++, but for a network administrator who has a good deal of housekeeping to do on a server, it's a hell of an improvement over DOS batch files (even with Norton Batch Enhancer). -- Phillip Tracy Northwestern University tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu (02/14/91)
In article <3428@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: > Well, since someone brought up OS/2 apps in use, here's my $.02 > > Word Perfect 5.0 is out for OS/2, and DOS users won't be able to tell the > difference between it and its DOS cousin. Yes, it's character-based, but > I have heard murmurings about WordPerfect coming out with a real PM app. > Yes, WP 5.0 under OS/2 is fine. Of course, it doesn't have the nifty features (table & equation editor) of 5.1/DOS. The real problem is that last summer, at the start of the Windows bandwagon, WP pulled all their PM developers and put them on the Windows package. I phoned WP last week, and they said that WP 5.1 for OS/2 PM is now delayed to 3rd or 4th Q 1991. As the Windows WP has now slipped to 2Q 1991, I guess that means 1992 for the PM version. I think WP really blew this one. Their decision last summer means they'll be last with a Windows word processor AND last with a PM wordprocessor. NOT smart (imho). The other problem is a decent draw program. Designer for OS/2 PM is no good: very buggy and VERY slow. Does anyone know what Corel Draw for OS/2 PM is like? Adrian -- Adrian Goldman | Internet: Goldman@MBCL.Rutgers.Edu Molecular Biology Computing Laboratory | Bitnet: Goldman@BioVAX Waksman Insitute, | Phone: (908) 932-4864 Rutgers University, | Fax: (908) 932-5735 Piscataway, NJ 08855 USA |
jwohl@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Jeremy Wohl) (02/15/91)
In article <305.27b97b7f@mbcl.rutgers.edu> goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu writes: >In article <3428@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: >> Well, since someone brought up OS/2 apps in use, here's my $.02 > [...] > The other problem is a decent draw program. Designer for OS/2 PM >is no good: very buggy and VERY slow. Does anyone know what Corel Draw >for OS/2 PM is like? Yea. Just like Designer: another Windows porting kit (I forget the name) failure. -- Jeremy Wohl / wohl@max.physics.sunysb.edu / jwohl@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu
jack@cscdec.cs.com (Jack Hudler) (02/16/91)
In article <1991Feb14.222536.343@sbcs.sunysb.edu> jwohl@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Jeremy Wohl) writes: >In article <305.27b97b7f@mbcl.rutgers.edu> goldman@mbcl.rutgers.edu writes: >>In article <3428@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>, tracy@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Phil Tracy) writes: >>> Well, since someone brought up OS/2 apps in use, here's my $.02 >> [...] >> The other problem is a decent draw program. Designer for OS/2 PM >>is no good: very buggy and VERY slow. Does anyone know what Corel Draw >>for OS/2 PM is like? > >Yea. Just like Designer: another Windows porting kit (I forget the name) >failure. Last time I heard they were shipping, we have Designer for OS/2 it uses there MIRROR's porting kit. Looks like S%^&. But then again I could be biased. We are shipping OS/2 PM Version of Arts&Letters Composer 1.3 as of last week. It's a drawing program that manipulates our symbol library containing thousands of pre-drawn artwork and dozens of typefaces. It's a good adjunct to DeScribe, PageMaker, or Ventura Publisher. And you can even get you questions answered via email if you like! (begining to sound like a sales pitch) -- Jack Computer Support Corporation Dallas,Texas Hudler Internet: jack@cscdec.cs.com