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#Excellence!

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#118658From: Michael GerardApr 11, 1988 7:20 PM
John…I left a message on the MSS BBS inquiring about Excellence! The answer I got was reasonably honest sounding, ie: …in final development, so much added that debugging has been arduous…much testing being done… new features required complete updating of support materials…etc. So, we'll wait. In the meantime, I've got Scribble! and Pagesetter w/laserscript…a nice combination. By the way, I disagree with your assesment of Scribble! Keep in mind that Scribble! was developed in 1985…I mean it is a bit outdated. For it's time it was (and remains) a very reliable predictable wordprocessor. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Michael Gerard
#118669From: John LittleApr 11, 1988 8:46 PM
Mike, That is good info, although it directly counters every story they have put out to the "owners" of Excellence!, oh well, by the way, I guess I should have stated that for a program almost 3 years old , with only 1 update Scribble! wasn't that bad, I've had it since then myself, but to not even keep tself on the forefront, MSS has not really supported its own product. And agreed, I also have Pagesetter, but (looking on with envy) I do not have a laser printer. I opted for a HP-7580B Plotter myself for my CADs work. Wordperfect is interesting, but a little overboard for my needs, so I opted for Excellence! and really am regreting my choice to this point. A lot of not really good things have been said anything about MSS lately, and their non-responsiveness have me concerned. Again thanks for the info, and we'll wait and see. John
#118686From: Don Curtis/SYSOPApr 12, 1988 12:13 AM
Michael, That's interesting…the last thing John heard was that the manuals were at the printers and would be back, the the product shipping a few days ago. They told him the story about new features a month ago.
#118692From: John DraperApr 12, 1988 12:19 AM
For a straight port from the world of MsDos, Scribble was a really, really average program. By Amiga standards, it was extremely mediocre. -larry
#118696From: Steve AhlstromApr 12, 1988 12:21 AM
Mediocre means of average or medium quality. It wasn't that good. (by C64 word processor standards).
#118697From: John DraperApr 12, 1988 12:23 AM
Steve, That's true, but then I'm a charitable sort. 🙂 -larry
#118717From: RON TROYApr 12, 1988 6:46 AM
Agreed – as I've told others, Scribble got me to revert to beta Textcraft! Ron
#118716From: RON TROYApr 12, 1988 6:45 AM
It may be predictable, but after buying it I ended up reverting to my beta of textcraft! Ron