[WinMac] Re: MS Office differences between platforms (was: Re: MacWorld Expo Report - Something for everyone!)
Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 09:26:08 -0400
Tim,
They're damned if they do, and damned if they don't.
Personally, I would
prefer if the Micros~1 products developed on similar, but not identical,
paths. Yes, this will result in sometimes more features on the Mac, and
sometimes more on Win32; but the alternative is the Word 6.0 fiasco.
BTW, the self-repairing you talk about in Internet Exploder
4.5 is going
to be *somewhat* duplicated in W2k, with DLL lockdown.
Given the mess that both Apple and Microsoft's OS strategy is
in (MacOS 8
& X; DOS-based Win 98 & NT-based NT4 & W2k), I'll just settle for stable
products... On both platforms! After all, "features" aren't worth a damn if
they cherry-bomb or Blue Screen Of Death the machine!
At 10:43 PM 7/25/99 -0400, Tim wrote:
[snip]
>
> I would really love to see MS's products on both platforms match
>each other a little bit more in functionality and usability. I use both
>platforms at work on a daily basis and having to remember what is different
>on the two different platforms when I'm using the same program is a pain.
>Especially when there are features on both versions of MS Office that I
>would like to be able to use on both platforms, not just one or the other.
>Tim Scoff, MCSE
>casper@nb.net
><http://www.nb.net/~casper/>
>
>Microsoft Windows NT 4.0. The world's only fully buzzword compliant
>Operating System.
>
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