Re: OG Software You'd Pay For

Warren H. Minix (minix@che.udel.edu)
Sat, 11 May 1996 00:19:57 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 10 May 1996, Jon Frisby wrote:

> > HP is going to forget about every OG 100 owner and make a better OmniGo to
> > rival the new Sharp Zaurus. HP claimed that the OG would have tons of
> > software out for it by mid year 1996. So far the only thing thats out is a
> > worthless Connectivity Pack that crashes and take forever and Clip & Go
> That's the only *commercial* software. There are quite a few
> shareware programs available for the OG, many of which make up for
> areas lacking in the OG's software (text editors, file managers,
> etc...).
>
> Would you prefer perhaps that Geoworks and HP redesigned not only the
> OmniGo clip board (how it works, etc...), but the *Windows* clip board
> as well?

Actually I would have prefered that they had had the incredible foresight
to make the spreadsheet and word processor compatible with something
useful.

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