[Papyrus-L] Papyrus: Windows no longer a luxury to be waited for patiently

[Raisa Deber]

At 11:09 AM 06/03/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>BUT lets try to be realistic and define our needs clearly
>
>1.  There are many of us users out here who have large bibliographies that 
>have been built up over numerous years. (I think mine goes back to Papyrus 
>3)   The massive time investment needed to migrate that data to another 
>bibliography program is probably the only REAL reason we havent moved already.

One reason, but not the only one, at least from my office.  Papyrus has 
some wonderful features which most other packages don't seem to have. (I 
particularly appreciate the licensing agreement - we're got a large number 
of graduate students working with our Papyrus data set.  I also like the 
wild card search and the "term" option, which means I don't have to 
re-enter keywords already in titles; also the power of formats and the 
ability to change and merge keywords.  But I'm also a sucker for the humour 
of the manual and the sign off message)  There are a (very) few new 
features I think we need - particularly the ability to follow paths and 
include foreign character sets.  But the main problem is optics - "DOS" 
turns too many off, who think they need Windows.  We all have to fight off 
IT managers.   And if there will be a new version without the Windows 
kernel, then we may suddenly find we can't use Papyrus at all.
Dave - I echo the comments you've been getting. We need a (rapid) timetable 
towards a Windows version.  How can we help?  This is too good a program to 
lose.
Cheers
Raisa Deber