Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!think!mintaka!daemon From: atheybey@lcs.mit.edu (Andrew Heybey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Kids (Designasaurus) Message-ID:Date: 16 Aug 89 14:07:47 GMT References: <21076@cup.portal.com> <89219.124243UH2@PSUVM> <7366@microsoft.UUCP> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Organization: MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Lines: 20 In-reply-to: t-jondu@microsoft.UUCP's message of 15 Aug 89 01:22:08 GMT In article <7366@microsoft.UUCP> t-jondu@microsoft.UUCP (Jonathan Dubman) writes: I saw a posting in comp.sys.mac recently that claimed that MacWrite and MacPaint are the two greatest educational programs for the Mac. This guy's kid is nine and writes little stories with illustrations. I think he knows where it's at, and a lot of unsuspecting parents are getting gyped buying so-called educational software. Disclaimer: I have no gripes with Brittanica, they paid me. And of course this has nothing to do with Microsoft, my current employer. I'll second that. My seven year old cousin uses Prowrite to write stories. He changes fonts, centers the titles, and edits away. From a snotty adult point of view, the plots leave a little bit to be desired, but I was impressed. andrew -- Andrew Heybey, atheybey@ptt.lcs.mit.edu, uunet!ptt.lcs.mit.edu!atheybey