Re: A2 desktop publishing

[spam@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> PublishIt (no hyphen, just intercap) was certainly an ambitious and
> capable desktop publishing program for the Apple //e.  The fact that
> it included a PostScript driver was pretty amazing, even if it didn't
> support the native 300+ DPI resolution of most laser printers. 
> 
> The thing about it that most amazed me was the name.

That was the first thing I noticed...
 
> How any company could name a product "PublishIt" always
> blew my mind!  It must have been some kind of hypnotic
> blind spot that they didn't see the scatological reference.
> Or maybe they were fully aware of it--meaning that you
> could use it to "publish sh*t"!  ;-)

You'd think it was pretty obvious, but judging by the program's overall
polished and professional appearance it seems unlikely that they'd n
intentionally compromise all that with a dodgy name.

-SW
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