Re: Xy Manuals, Public Domain, and DTP functions

[Daniel Say say@xxxxxxxx]

" Perhaps it's because I don't have to use Word, Pagemaker, Framemaker,
" Quark, etc. etc., but do have to make marks on paper with some concessions
" to elegance, that I use XyWin and no longer use any of its predecessors.
" (The high speed of my computer is probably also a factor.) Thus, though I
" view it with nostalgia and respect, "the one true Xy" is a bit of an
" irrelevance to me. I'd be willing to help pay for it, but not all that
" much, as I can't see myself or many others benefiting from it within any
" timeframe that makes sense in computerdom.
"
" Xy4, with Windows on top or the possibility of another GUI riveted onto it,
" is a different matter. I'd pay. (I'm not interested in Xy4OS/2 because I
" don't use OS/2; and I use Win95 instead because I'm tired of kicking
" against the pricks. I hope OS/2 flourishes and wish anyone well with it,
" but suggest that Linux and, um, XyPosix [?] might have a stronger chance of
" surviving the Microsoft juggernaut.)\

--------------- scanning www.dejanews.com for 'xywrite' the other day
I came across this. I know nothing more about it but surmise thta
it is XyOS/2 and some graphicness.

Forwarded message:
" X-within-URL: http://xp6.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?recnum=2976661&server=dnserver.db97p1&CONTEXT=856507592.23215&hitnum=22
"   _________________________________________________________________
" Subject:   Re: Another request for OS/2 DTP
" From:     ishaw@xxxxxxxx (Ivan T. Shaw)
" Date:     1997/01/19
" Organization: MNI
" Newsgroups:  comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc
"
" In article , chris@xxxxxxxx
" says...
" >In message <32db0dbb.6940213@xxxxxxxx> -
" >merrigan@xxxxxxxx (Shaun P. Merrigan)Tue, 14 Jan 1997 04:41:07
" >GMT writes:
" >:>>>There is another good DTP program that could be ported to OS/2.
" >:>>>They do test their product in winOS2.
" >:>>>Check http://www.serif.com/
" >:>I too have been using Serif PagePlus for several years, until I
" >:>installed Warp 4.0 . Nothing I can do will get it to work on this box
" >:>under Warp 4.0. I have sent email to Serif Support (I am a registered
" >:>user) 3 times, and not even received an acknowledgement!!
" >I've got a 'cutdown' version of Pageplus here , I think it was Serif Pageplus
"
" Well, a company called "Bestinfo" (sp?) had a native OS/2 DTP packages called
" Wave4. Very powerful and also used the XyWrite text editor engine
" Unfortunately, it was really designed for workgroups and had a pricetag to
" match.
"
" Adobe on the other hand, owns the code to the OS/2 version of Pagemaker and is
" still sitting on the Framemaker 5 code as well.
" --
" - ivan
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