Re: Windows vs. DOS XyWrite

[hseaver@xxxxxxxx (Harmon Seaver)]

> > There are some very good reasons for wanting a Windows version of a >
Chinese wordprocessor, specifically the ability to cut and paste > between
applications. The only quality DOS product I know of that can

  Geez, Dorthy, OS/2 does that much better than windoz.

> produce graphical output is NJ Star, which outputs .pcx files--not at > all
high quality resolution once pulled into a Windows wordprocessor > of some
other flavor. And the process is very clumsy.

  Again, try OS/2. You can use whatever dos app you want and cut&paste
flawlessly.
> > The other chief criterion in choosing a Chinese wordprocessor > (neglecting
such minor matters as supported input methods and print > fonts) is the number
of characters in the basic character base. For

  Yes, I'm well aware of that. I have a degree in religious studies, and tutor
Japanese students. I studied east asian religions extensively, and also
biblical literature. My friend and I looked very carefully at the input and
character base. DC (a dos app) gives at least 5 input methods. Most of the apps
we looked at accepted characters from many sources, including scanned images.
  Lets face it Dorthy, windoz is a dead end. No one in their right mind would
use windoz for anything if they had the wherewithal to use OS/2 and had seen it
run. Most windoz apps, except those done by major players like Corel and
Ventura, Aldus, etc. are pathetic. And any developer still writing code for
16-bit systems is too brain-dead to waste bandwidth on.
Doesn't it tell you something that windoz ceased to have relevance when the
first hardware came out that it could decently run on -- the 386? At that
point, windoz was out of date, yet, still, it wasn't running fast enough to be
worth anything? Of course, you can base your hopes on Windoz
NT -- whoops, that was a flop, wasn't it? Or wait -- Chicago is going to be the
saviour -- if and when it comes out ( '95? '96? ).
 Again -- isn't MS a disease of the nervous system?

Harmon Seaver hseaver@xxxxxxxx

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