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#Amiga's Pathetic!

    12-Jun-88 01:15:51
Sb: #129287-#Amiga's Pathetic!
Fm: Steven D. Kapplin 70055,1021
To: J Bayless 72456,2062
James, I don't think, given a choice, anyone would WANT to spend $300. But if we are talking about businesses, then I don't think the software cost is as much an issue. It is to the home PC user. If Commodore wants to penetrate the BIG MONEY market, then the home user is certainly the wrong market. I bought ProWrite when it first came out and loved it. I talked with you on the phone several times offering suggestions for future improvements, many of which were present in 2.0. I love 2.0. I cannot make up my mind between Excellence and ProWrite. Each has advantages and disadvantages. For major docs, Excellence wins out because of its ability to handle footnotes, endnotes, TOC and indices. For convenience and text entry speed, ProWrite wins hands down. No doubt ProWrite 3.0 will add many of Excellence's features to compete, but not at the current price. Maybe a tiered market can develop. Power programs at Power prices and less powerful at less powerful prices. ProWrite 2.0 is a bargain. It's a great product at a good price. I recommend it to anyone who asks. But sometimes I need more in my wordprocessor. BTW, does ProWrite support the Amiga clipboard? I keep forgetting to check that out. I can say this with surety, if ProWrite came out with a new version with the same features as Excellence, I will buy it just because I like 2.0 and I think you guys make a quality product. Now, how about a statistical package? Something like StatView512 on the MAC but with discrim analysis and cluster analysis. Amy desperately needs a stat package. Steve