Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!mdf From: mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: SCO XENIX applications programmes Message-ID: <3157@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 13 Dec 87 05:36:02 GMT References: <1843@cup.portal.com> <3049@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <451@spdcc.COM> Reply-To: mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) Organization: StrongPoint Systems, Inc.; Columbus, OH. (guest of Ohio State U.) Lines: 33 In <451@spdcc.COM> dyer@spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes: >Where did you get a copy of Microsoft Word for XENIX? I've been trying >to find out about this for years and have always come up against a blank >wall. Of course, once VP/ix is available, it's all somewhat moot, since >Word 4.0 should work. I first saw Word for XENIX at Uniforum in DC last winter. There were boxes (shrink-wrapped and guarded) all over that sure looked like real product. However, they never really shipped it. At a dealer's conference recently, Microsoft was showing off Word 4.0. I loudly asked when the XENIX version would ship. I was told that Word 4.0 for XENIX was already shipping, as well as the MSDOS version. When I got back to the office, I called their dealer services number and tried to order it. Not in stock, there is no such product, and we can ship on Friday were the three responses I got from the three people at that number who I spoke to. And the version of Word for XENIX that is shipping is 3.0. I paid them $145 for a dealer evaluation copy. It just arrived in November and I haven't tried it out yet. Where you would go to buy one at retail is anyone's guess. They do not sell direct to small dealers, and I don't know of any distributors that know about the XENIX version. Taking a wild guess, you might try Businessland or Egghead, as they have some special relationship with Microsoft. Happy hunting! -- Mark D. Freeman (614) 262-3703 StrongPoint Systems, Inc. mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu 2440 Medary Avenue ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mdf Columbus, OH 43202-3014 Guest account at The Ohio State University