Re: XyWrite Development

[OkAnnie@xxxxxxxx]

Kenneth Frank posted on Wed, 5 Apr 95:

:   At no time did I ever say anything about :   discontinuing or
abandoning the DOS product.

I hardly think Carter can be accused of jumping to conclusions in
"asking ... no, I am begging you to reconsider your decision to
discontinue development on XyDOS." Kenneth Frank posted on Sun 26
Mar 95:

:   ... Like many of you, I have long preferred the speed :  and
efficiency and stability of a DOS environment :   over a GUI. But
as a businessperson, I cannot :  ignore the realities of the
business world in which :  we operate, and for better or worse
there are :   no longer enough customers for DOS products to :   supp
ort the cost of continued development and support.

:   So, since we can't survive if we don't sell software, :  what
we are about is trying to design products :  providing in a GUI
environment the things our : users prized in the DOS versions.
...

Kenneth Frank: The ambiguity rather confuses me. Are you saying
now that TTG will continue to sell but won't continue to develop
or support DOS products?

Personally, I'd like to see TTG make "downgrades" available in
the sense that
Coca-Cola "downgraded" from New Coke to Classic Coke. I won't be
upgrading my xyDos 4.011 because sloppy documentation of v4
function redefinitions makes porting masses of v3 xpl code
hazardous and as a protest against being charged for v3 support
... but I'd be delighted to pay for a downgrade from v3.56 to
v3.55 for the AR function.  --Annie

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