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- From: th9708@meibm8.cen.uiuc.edu (Todd Lee Henderson)
- Subject: Re: Designer 3.1 for OS/2 is Shipping!
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:42:37 GMT
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- olavt@ulrik.uio.no (Olav Torvund) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- The problem with their OS/2 programs is that it uses their mirrors. This is
- fine for a quick port, but if they don't plan on doing further development
- then it is no good.
-
- Todd
-
- >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
-