Re[2]: Word 7: Is it a hog?

[Iain Harrison <iharrison -at- SCT -dot- CO -dot- UK>]

     To my:

     >I think that Word 7 is probably the first new release of software that MS
     >has released that added virtually no new functions. The difference between
     >Word 6 and Word 7 is that the latter works.
     >
     >Yes, there are _some_ new features, notably the improved spell checker,
     but >clearly this version has NOT been driven by marketing, unless
     marketing are >now pushing for reliability rather than added functionality.


     Wolf replies:
     >>
     Let's see: You say Word 7 has no new functions--and then say it has new
     features--as a means of rebutting my statements, yet nothing in my post was
     about *new* functions at all. It's nice of you to congratulate Microsoft
     for coming up with nothing new, but I can't say that is something I get
     very excited about.
     <<

     And once again fails to comprehend my writing.

     Wolf,

     I didn't say Word 7 has no new functions. I said "added virtually no new
     functions" I later said it has "_some_ new features".

     I read your comment "But that's what you get when you get a company driven
     by marketing." as referring to new features.

     If you didn't mean that, were you implying that Microsoft hadn't added
     features, but had just added new bugs at the request of the Marketing
     department?

     Frankly, what you write suggests that you don't actually have much
     experience of the differences between Word 6 and Word 7.

     As I very clearly stated, there is something very important about Word 7.
     It works! If that isn't something you get excited about, perhaps you would
     prefer some more features that don't work, aren't needed, and mangle your
     files? I'm sure some software developer would be able to supply these. For
     once, Microsoft aren't the guilty party. They certainly were in the past!

     FWIW, I agree with you about Word on the Mac.

     Iain