Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!rubbs1!Robert.Lisowski From: Robert.Lisowski@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG (Robert Lisowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: re: Publishing Partner Amateur Message-ID: <28.230E70ED@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG> Date: 21 Aug 88 04:05:25 GMT Organization: Rutgers University Fido 107/330 (201) 932-3887 Lines: 52 The release of PPP that they shipped is NOT THE FINAL RELEASE!!! IT IS A SNEAK PREVIEW!!!!! THEY SAID IT WOULD NOT WORK!!!!! EVERYBODY KEEP YOUR PANTS ON!!!! I can't understand WHY there are so many people out there who think this is the ACTUAL PRODUCT. IT IS NOT, and THEY SAID SO. THAT BIG BINDER WILL BE FULL when they send the first release to you. I know that everybody is getting impatient. I placed my order when it was first announced that the program was in development. They SHIPPED A BETA so that their LOYAL customers, who stayed with them, would get to see SOME of the features and read about others. They wanted to assure everybody that it will be WORTH THE WAIT. A comparable program, if offered for a different machine, and done by a big company with a bunch of authors would cost $500.00 or more! But instead, there is one author, so you have to wait, but it will cost $120.00!!! Those of us who "upgraded" from the old PP only paid about half of that (the offer has expired, so it's no longer available)! I used to be angry, but when I saw what was going into that program, I stopped getting angry, and started getting happy. THAT PROGRAM WILL BE THE BEST DTP PROGRAM ON ANY MACHINE!!! You will be able, through its open architecture, to use import and export drivers, multiple screen fonts for increased realism while using small and large characters of the same font on the screen, and other GREAT FEATURES. The program will handle ANY GRAPHICS FORMAT for import, and lets you ROTATE BOTH GRAPHICS AND TEXT. So, INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING (you're not going to get it faster by doing that), why don't you ENCOURAGE them and tell them what features you would like to see (drivers, etc.). I hope that everybody reading this message will tell everyone they know, who has the beta, about this message. Maybe we can calm some people down. Rob -- Robert Lisowski - via FidoNet node 1:107/330 UUCP: ...!rutgers!rubbs1!Robert.Lisowski ARPA: Robert.Lisowski@rubbs1.FIDONET.ORG \...!rutgers!rubbs1!Robert.Lisowski