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- From: olavt@ulrik.uio.no (Olav Torvund)
- Subject: Re: Designer 3.1 for OS/2 is Shipping!
- In-Reply-To: ljwilson@martha.utcc.utk.edu's message of Sun, 27 Dec 1992 03:29:15 GMT
- Message-ID: <OLAVT.92Dec29015635@ulrik.uio.no>
- Sender: news@ulrik.uio.no (Mr News)
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- Organization: University of Oslo, Norway
- References: <1992Dec27.032915.19652@utkux1.utk.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:56:35 GMT
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- It is good to read that Designer 3.1 for OS/2 is finally shipping.
- Micrografx makes some nice programs, but they are among the worst when
- it comes to spreading desinformation about availability. I was told by
- some Mx prepresentatives in the first half of november that Designer
- 3.1 was shipping, but then it turned out that they had been
- misinformed by Mx.
-
- Back in 1988 or 1989, I bought Designer 2.x for Windows (or maybe it
- was 1.x). Inside the box was a note saying that they also had an OS/2
- version available, and that one should send in the form to get it. I
- sent in the form, but did not hear anything from Mx. And it turned out
- that this program did not exist. (A year later, they did put aout an
- OS/2 version, whcich was a very bad port of 2.x Windows version - it
- was almost like an early beta version sold for full price.)
-
- If you take a look at Micrografx 1990 catalog, you will find that they
- mentions OS/2 versions of 3 of their programs as if they are available
- (Graph Plus, the forerunner of Charisma, Draw Plus - forerunner of
- Windows Draw and PM Draw, and Designer). But these OS/2 versions have
- never existed.
-
- I like Micrografx programs, but not their desinformation.
-
- Olav Torvund
- University of Oslo
- Norway
- Olavt@jus.uio.no
-