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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.)
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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!

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