Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!dartvax!waltervj From: waltervj@dartvax.UUCP (walter jeffries) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Microsoft Word 3.01 Message-ID: <6684@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jul-87 16:03:49 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.6684 Posted: Wed Jul 15 16:03:49 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 07:30:39 EDT References: <135@cc5.bbn.com.BBN.COM> <2519@husc6.UUCP> <1667@tekig4.TEK.COM> Reply-To: waltervj@dartvax.UUCP (walter jeffries) Organization: Dartmouth College "where computers are computers...", Hanover, NH Lines: 30 >No big deal, really. I've found it to be pretty reliable, and have NEVER lost a >file to it, though others haven't been so lucky. Considering the complexity of >the product, and the pressure users put on Microsoft to put it out, it runs >better than indicated by the heaps of abuse laid on so thick by so many people. hmmm... I work as a consultant for a major university with ~6,000 macs. I help (or try to help) about 5 to 10 people a day who have run into bugs in Word 3.0. Bugs that hamper their efficiency and often make it impossible to do exactly what they want to do in Word 3.0. This version is a hazard to the sanity of many users, naive and experienced alike. >The product is VERY good, and useful work is being done on it by about 10 >people in this department. Day in, day out. No crashes. We are not ninny users, >either, but are regularly using many of the power features of the program. You've been very lucky. (or are using a different animal than our Word 3.0's) I would estimate the number of unique bugs to be in the hundreds. Someone at Microsoft said it was on the order of 300 to 500. >It has not been recalled, it is still selling, and I understand the "fixed" >version will be provided free. It was recalled by Microsoft from our shelves atleast. I suspect that the only ones you see for sale are copies put into the sales channels before the magnitude of the bugs was discovered by MS. When MS-Word for the Mac finally get's finished it should be a great product. Until then, I avoid it like the plague. -Waltervj.