Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!asuvax!hrc!gtephx!covertr From: covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Latest version of PageStream? Summary: Softlogik Almost Wasn't!! Keywords: Pagestream, publishing Message-ID: <450cbb01.14a1f@gtephx.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 89 20:40:53 GMT References: <1605@cod.NOSC.MIL> Distribution: na Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona Lines: 34 In article <1605@cod.NOSC.MIL>, jensen@cod.NOSC.MIL (Layne K. Jensen) writes: > I have the version of PageStream that was released toward the end of 1988, > the first really "usable" version. (I don't have the disk with me at the > moment, so I can't give the numerical version number.) I use it occasionally, > but the more I do the more frustrated I become with the bugs. > > Can someone tell me the number of the latest version? I haven't received > any word from SoftLogik about availability, but I recently saw a message > on the network that made me think there may be a newer one. > > I've been giving SoftLogik the benefit of the doubt since the days of the > original Publishing Partner, but it's beginning to wear thin. If there has > been an upgrade sometime in the last six months or so, what are the terms? > A couple of things about Softlogik. First, SL is a very small company and they have always had a bad reputation when it comes to Publishing Partner or PageStream (PgS). The last,offically released, version of PgS was 1.52. SL is working on a version of PgS for the Amiga, but I don't know much about it. My feeling is that PgS for the ST is pretty much dead. I use Calamus, which has much better support. There are rumors of 'beta' versions, up to 1.59, being tested. In fact, I read in ST REPORT about a custmoer out in San Diego who got 1.59 by mistake. The folks at SL accussed him of piracy when he asked SL about it. Another, I read an article about SL. It seems that a disgruntled (to put it mildly (-( ) sent a mail bomb to SL after he was fired!! The SL people called the Police, who disarmed it. I have to admire those police officers! I have no idea why or who the former employee was. If you can get an account on GEnie you can get more info, and leave questions to SL. rec .