All true. But the other side of things is that one has nothing to lose. Except time. Sent from my iPhone On May 31, 2011, at 12:11 PM, "M.W. Poirier" <poirmw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It is true that Tame can be quite useful, but it has been the > experience of some of us that not all versions of the programme > work well, and what is worse is the fact that the author of > the programme does not describe the installation process well, > and is not very helpful when it comes to giving advice when > things go wrong. If you can stand that, then by all means try > Tame. When it works well, it works very well, ...and don't > update a working version when a new version comes out, because > you may be ruining an excellent setup and replacing it with one > that is less than desirable. > > Others may have had a different experience with Tame, but that > has been my experience, and I have to say that I have given up > on Tame because I cannot get back to my original set up. > > Mr. Mendelson is clearly more knowledgeable in setting up Tame > than I. > > M. W. Poirier > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > On Tue, 31 May 2011, Avrom Fischer wrote: > >> Edward Mendelson on his website at > > Http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/tamewp.html<http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/tamewp.html> > states: >> >> This is the only third-party software that I recommend without > reservation to all users of WPDOS under Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, or > Windows 7. A 30-day free trial version is available for download, and > you may prefer to experiment with the program before buying it. After > installing Tame under Windows XP, I no longer have any reason to run > WPDOS under Windows 98. (Tame 5.0 and later versions do not run under > Windows 95, 98, or Me.) >> >> Are his comments equally relevant to users of Xywrite in windows 7, 32 > bit. Is there any reason not to use it, >> >> Avrom Fischer >> avromf@xxxxxxx<mailto:avromf@xxxxxxx> or >> f413@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:f413@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> 786 Eaat 19th Street >> Brooklyn, NY 11230 >> 718 434 7696 >