Re: PRESS - INFORMIX TAKES FIRST PLACE IN ON-LINE HELP CONTEST WITH INFORMIX-NEWERA
Posted in 1995
In article <8zhUw0ElJfUV083yn@kcbbs.gen.nz> kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz "Kerry Sainsbury" writes: > In article <42m8ls$5je@news.informix.com>, > billd@informix.com (William Daul) wrote: > > > INFORMIX TAKES FIRST PLACE IN ON-LINE HELP CONTEST > > WITH INFORMIX-NEWERA Yes, he's very fond of things like that, isn't he? > This is absolutely astonishing, until you start to look at the details of > the contest: A masterpiece of understatement, Kerry! > Strikes me as a little mutual-admiration society. > Was this a contest of HyperHelp users? For our UK readers: a bolus of HyperHelp users... :-) > All the release should have said was "NewEra has a Windows-like help > system for the Motif version, and if you buy "HyperHelp" your development > programs can have Windows-like help too" Sure. That's would have happened if *any other* database vendor had done the press release.... :-) > IMHO the NewEra help could do with some considerable work, especially in > the area of *examples* and *explanations*. Amen. > Has NewEra 2.0 shipped yet? Not to my knowledge. I understand it's about 2-3 weeks away. > Kerry S (who prefers reality to marketing) ............^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Time to get out of the computer industry, Kerry! :-) Cheers, Spokey the Wheeler------------------------------------------------------------- "Billy Boy" - das aufregende andersche kondom!