Re: DOSiX hoax?

[Leslie Bialler lb136@xxxxxxxx]

Thomas A. Robertson wrote:
>
> Leslie, re your:
>
> < For Der Billmeister that's chump change. Besides, it's for the wrong
> reasons.
> < - anybody's gonna go out and get WordPerfect or another competitor.
>
> < I'm using Netscape, BTW.
>
> in the DOSix Hoax thread.
>
> Until folks really start tuning their systems so they work for them in
> (measurably) the best way possible, it really does not make a whole lot of
> difference what kind of software they use.

Exactly, which is the reason why Gates's main objective is probably to make
certain that the govt. doesn't force him to stop bundling, say, office, with new
computers.

> Right out of the box any of the
> main line systems are probably better than old typewriters, maybe even
> better than dedicated word processors (remember NBI, Lexis, etc.)

I remember Decmates!


>
> On the other hand, when you do tune the software to your working style and
> idiosyncrasies, as some of us have done with XyWrite--and still cannot do
> with WP or Word--the working capacity is really outstanding. Its just that
> it could be so much better if there were truly seamless integration between
> our writing and reference programs.
> The best thing about XyWrite is that it does what it does--it doesn't try to be
all-inclusive. If you want something quick and dirty, there's nothing like it,
and the way things are going I doubt that there ever will be.


> I work with the Oxford English Dictionary, Encyclopedia Britannica, Encarta
> Encyclopedia and Atlas, and Microsoft Word always open at the same time. I
> would sure like to avoid the extra steps required to work with those
> resources as I work in XyWrite.
> Any shareware developers on this list? As Bela Karolyi might say, "you can dooo
eeet!"

> And then of course there are the assignable windows in XyWrite. You can put
> stuff in them and it stays there. Couldn't live without it--as well as
> dialing telephone numbers off the screen with two clicks.
>
> Maybe some day.
>

See above.

Cheers!
--
Leslie Bialler
Columbia University Press
lb136@xxxxxxxx