Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!macbeth!hallett From: hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Hallett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: FullWrite Message-ID: <6767@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jul-87 15:58:48 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.6767 Posted: Tue Jul 21 15:58:48 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jul-87 03:17:06 EDT Sender: root@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP Reply-To: hallett@macbeth.steinmetz () Distribution: world Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 42 Keywords: FullWrite, Vaporware Hi all! Just a note for all of you. There has been some talk about the vaporware status of FullWrite. Well, I just received an ad in the mail advertising it to be released later this year. They are requesting orders for the final product at 1/2 off retail for all FullPaint owners. If you include your original titlepage from WORD 3.0, they will drop another $40 off, selling it at $99. All orders must be postmarked by July 31. I can read this two ways: 1. They expect release soon and are trying to nip the vaporware press in the butt by giving an incredible offer up front to get it out into the market. Hopefully, if people are satisfied, word-of-mouth advertising will take over. 2. They are hurting for bucks big time, don't want to get stung on this, so they are trying to measure the market by tallying responses to this ad. Personally, I believe #1. I may be foolish, but I think I'll try it. The brochure sure does outline some really fancy features and if valid, WORD is in serious trouble. Now, if someone could come out with a processor like this only with automatic ligatures, labels/referencing and section generators... Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~