[muglo] Re: PowerPoint

On 23-Jan-05, at 9:10 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> Just a little bit of revisionism going on here?
>
> Office for Mac based on AppleWorks (nee CW nee MacWrite)? That's a
> lark and a half. ...
>
> The notion that Office was based off CW is rather laughable. Office
> was built on stand alone apps that were the industry standards, and,
> in many ways, the industry bests too. CW really was effectively built
> around MacWrite. The other components were afterthoughts (were they
> ever stand-alone?) tacked on so Apple could have a "full" office
> suite. As for the quality of CW/AW vs. Office, there's a bait e-mail
> that I'm just chomping at the bit to get to.
> Eric.

Once again you are speaking tommy rot. Originally Appleworks was an 
Apple // programme , circa 1983 ish, & so many new Mac users in the mid 
eighties complained that MacWrite was not as good that eventually Apple 
came out with Clarisworks, based on the Apple //GS version of APW. The 
integration was superior to any Microsaft stuff. I could go on with the 
history lesson, but it is long and convoluted, but CW/AW was Never 
based on MacWrite.
TTFN,
TeeC

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