Re: Looking for XyWrite

[Mark_D_Garvey@xxxxxxxx]

Fair enough, Leslie, though I maintain the analogy as you drew it is a weak
one.

I'm aware of the improvements XY4 presents--it's just that I've never felt
their lack, at least as far as my writing is concerned. I think our choices
on these things are--like our choices in religion, perhaps--largely based
in aesthetics and our own comfort. After all, someone trying to sell you on
Word would offer you similar-sounding arguments about all the extra
flexibility and function you could gain by leaving XY4 for an MS product.

I think we can unite, however, over the matter of the moronic animated Word
paper-clip, a bit of anthropomorphic evil I'm forced to contend with in the
workplace.  (Can I get a witness?)

An interesting discussion might be developed on the theme of how we
XY-lovers adapt (or rebel) in the office.

-Mark






Leslie Bialler  on 11/30/98 10:07:35 AM

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Mark_D_Garvey@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> That [analogy to '57 Chevvy] analogy fails, of course, because the
differences between > XY3+ and XY4
> have nothing to do with safety or the efficient use of unrenewable
> resources. I have always found XY3+ much more than adequate for my needs
as
> a writer. If I wanted a padded dashboard and a word-processing vehicle
that
> thought it knew my needs better than I know them myself, I'd use MS Word.
>
Mark,
No, it does not fail. XyWrite 4 doesno't pretend to know your needs
better than you do, as the smiling paperclip edition of Word does. If
you don't like or need
wildcard search and replace, better memory management, the ability to
read past EOF markers, and enhanced XPL, then fine, stay with what you
have.

--
Leslie Bialler
Columbia University Press
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