Re: Word and Happy99 and things

[leslie bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

> I ass-u-me that such a thing is technically impossible with XyWrite
> because our files are just ASCII files. So, apart from having the best
> word processor for all the reasons we know and love, do we not in fact
> have the safest word processor? And were TTG to be actually interested
> in XyWrite itself and not just as a part of SmartWords, is that not a
> major marketing plus in this somewhat cyber-dangerous world we now
> live in?
>
No. It would be a waste of TTG group's time and money to do that. You
are forgetting that XyWrite is basically for writers and editors (what
is the name of the EXE file? uhhuh, uhuh). Word is designed for the
general public--it is designed for people formerly known as
clerk-typists who are now probably called administrative assistants
toiling in "entry level" positions.

> So shouldn't they fix the ruddy bugs in XyWrite?

Few remain. And those that are of only marginal annoyance.

> And tell system
> administrators that if they want a safe word-processing program they
> know where to go?
>

Why on earth would system administrators switch to a word processor they
would have to train people to use when they know very well that a new
hire is odds-on to know MsWord?


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Leslie Bialler
Columbia University Press
lb136@xxxxxxxx