stevez@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (steven.a.zubatkin) (04/12/91)
Well, netters, it seems that for myself and a select few others, the end of an era is coming. My department is moving towards "standardizing" all software packages and management has asked me to "justify" the continued existence of Documenters Workbench (DWB). Since we have just invested in new 386SX PCs, he says what about using PC packages. After 5 long years, my marriage may "end in divorce". However, the relationship has been a rocky one, obscure bugs ("Now WHY won't this work?"), no WYSIWYG, can't be used by non-UNIX people, etc. Sigh . . . . Anyway, I'm a relative neophyte when it comes to PC packages. My investigation for a replacement for DWB has crossed paths with MS WORD for Windows (concered about features, speed with 16MHz machine), Ami (ditto), Ventura Publisher (REAL hardware concerns, no WP features), and Pagemaker (know nothing). Can you folks help in my search? IS there a PC replacement (or, near replacement) for DWB? A near replacement might be acceptable if, for example, I us package A 90% of the time and use package B the other 10%. Note that I use pretty standard fonts on my HP Series II, tbl alot, lists alot, numbered headings alot, xcip (the pic drawing program) occasionally, and grap occasionally. Thanks in advance for your help. Steve Zubatkin Morristown, NJ