Give us XyWrite/2 for OS/2

["John Gordon" jgordon@xxxxxxxx]

On Wed, 26 Oct 1994 13:19:04 -0400 (EDT), auerbach@xxxxxxxx
 wrote:

>As a xyuser since about 1981 and long time betatester (though now
>mysteriously out of the loop) I keep postponing my switch to Describe because
>a) Xy does fine in a VDM under os/2 , b) I hate to waste time relearning
>stuff. If I can add to that c) TTG is smart enough to release a *good*
>version of xy for os/2 then I'm happy. AND I am a) willing to wait a few
>extra months for a non-buggy, full-featured version (with REXX as the >macro
language of choice) and b) willing to be a full-fledged beta-tester >again. At
the moment I have betas of os/2 ver. 3.0, ZOC (V1.98 beta) and >the
webexplorer--but it is xy that I spend most of my time in. So give >me
XyWros/2!
>
Likewise, I don't look forward to learning another word processor. And, I'd
hate to give up XyWrite's command line. But how I would love to have a proper
32-bit, multi-threaded XyWrite/2 to run in OS/2. I've just bought Lotus
Smartsuite for OS/2 at a knock-down price (AUS$229 with a free copy of the
superseded version of OS/2 for Windows thrown in). When I have a spare moment
I'll install AmiPro/2 and have a play with it. I don't expect it to have the
speed of XyWrite, but I am keeping an open mind about its other capabilities.
This will be the first time since the late 80s that I have actually bothered to
compare another word processor to XyWrite. I'm hoping that XyW still wins. An
OS/2 version would ensure it.

Cheers,
John Gordon


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