It seems that SunSoft’s Wabi 1.0 is back in its box for the next 60 to 90 days until a less buggy version 1.1 can be got out. Apparently bugs in 1.0 created floating-point errors in Windows applications such as the Ami Pro word processor and Quattro Pro spreadsheet, preventing them running properly and SunSelect halted shipments when they became too much to bear. Wabi orders since January 1 – as a free upgrade component for Solaris – will be filled with the enhanced 1.1 when it arrives Wabi 2.0 due in the spring is expected to remedy many current problems with Wabi and support a greater number of applications. Meanwhile, the Public Windows Initiative had a get-together at Gleneagles in Scotland, on March 2 to discuss its future. Microsoft Corp was scheduled to address a closed session during the conference, talking about the future of its desktop in general.
