Re: AppleWorks v4.0??

[ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford)]

In a previous article, joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) says:

>Time to put an end to all this quibbling about what AppleWorks 4.0 is and
>what it isn't.

Don't you mean what it will be?  After all, it isn't shipping yet!

>First of all, I've seen it, and if you think it's just a bunch of recycled
>TimeOuts, you're very badly mistaken. Let's take it from the top...
>
>When Quality first set Randy Brandt up, Claris owned AppleWorks. There was
>no way they were going to put out AW v3.0 themselves, so Randy got to work
>on "The Mother of All Patch Disks".
>
>In the meanwhile, QC became the publisher of AW, so everything changed. It's
>not going to be a patch. It's going to be AppleWorks v4.0. Plain and simple.

Well, shut my mouth!  You sound like my parents.  "Plain and simple", eh?
Can you clarify why the 'system requirements' say "requires Appleworks 3.0"?
It was this particular phrase which led to the original question I posted.
Had other wording been used, perhaps the issue would never have come up.
After all, Appleworks 3.0 was itself an upgrade that incorporated some
earlier Timeout enhancements -- such as the spell checker.  But I do not
recall being told that upgrade "required" an earlier version.  It 
certainly required _ownership_ of an earlier version if you were to buy
it as an upgrade but I think you'll agree that is a different statement.

>Current owners of AW can update to v4.0, and that upgrade will ship on
>10/1/93. For those who don't already own AW, they'll be able to get the full
>package on 11/1/93. The reason for the delay is that the AW's manuals need
>to be re-done. Updaters will simply get a "what's new" type of manual.

When I bought the 3.0 upgrade I got the new manual as well.  Not just a
what's new blurb.

>Having read the feature list in II Alive, and then having seen AW v4.0, I
>can tell you that the list of features just doesn't convey just how
>monumental AW 4.0 is going to be.

This is what we call "brochure" performance.  Promised, with the greatest 
sincerity but not yet delivered.  I hope you are right.

>
>If you own AW, just start saving your pennies, and get it. You will not
>regret it. I'm sure looking forward to getting my update sometime after
>10/1/93.

I will be saving my pennies but just to be safe I'll order after I get a second
opinion.


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Eric S. Ford    ag471@yfn.ysu.edu