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- From: lindor@eng.umd.edu (Lindor Eric Henrickson)
- Subject: Re: WordPerfect Info.
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.223647.12742@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 22:36:47 GMT
- Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity von Uniland, College Park
- References: <1992Dec11.221156.1235@yvax.byu.edu> <Bz97Fp.H3@unx.sas.com> <OLAVT.92Dec15104957@ulrik.uio.no>
- Originator: lindor@state.eng.umd.edu
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- In article <OLAVT.92Dec15104957@ulrik.uio.no>, olavt@ulrik.uio.no (Olav Torvund) writes:
- >In article <Bz97Fp.H3@unx.sas.com> sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com (Greg Wust) writes:
- >
- >
- > |> I called WordPerfect the other day and got some info you
- > |> might be interested in. According to the lady who helped
- > |> me, they are working on three applications for OS/2 2.0.
- > |> They are WordPerfect (of course), WP Office, and
- > |> Presentations.
- >
- > I spoke with WP a few days ago as well. They also informed me of the
- > delay in WP for OS/2 2.0 but went further to explain that one of the
- >OB biggies built into WordPerfect 5.2 (a $50 upgrade) for Windows is
- > actually for support for use under OS/2 until the OS/2 version of
- > WP for Win comes out. Not heavily advertised, as they don't want to
- > step on sales of their own products currently for OS/2 1.x, most people
- > would not know this. Claims to be OS/2 smart and will multithread and
- > show significant speed advantages over WP for Windows 5.1.
- >
- >I asked a WP representative about some of the issues mentioned. He
- >said that yes, WP 5.2 does run much better under OS/2 2.0 compared to
- >the 5.1 version. He also said that WP will release a 5.2 version for
- >OS/2. The other side of that coin is of course that it means that WP
- >6.0 i delayed. WP 6.0 will not be available BEFORE fall '93.
- >
- >There has been some rumours about a 6.0 version for DOS early '93. He
- >would not confirm that, and said that this must be rumours and that he
- >did not know about such plans.
- >
- >Unfortunatly, the WP 5.2 will be a 16-bit, not a 32-bit program.
- >(Don't ask me why.) It will be out "first half of '93". He would not
- >be more specific, but said that he was hoping that it would be early
- >'93.
- >
- >This tells me first of all that WP 6.0 is delayed. But it also tells
- >me that WP see the OS/2 market as an important market, and that there
- >is a demand for OS/2 applications. (They would not have decided to
- >make 5.2 for OS/2 if it was not for the market pressure). But it is
- >also likely that WP will loose market shares to Lotus, given that
- >Lotus have their 32-bit Ami Pro out 1Q '93.
- >
- >Olav Torvund
-
- WP confusion! I talked to someone on the wp4win 1-800 line yesterday,
- and they told me that they were expecting wp6.0 by Spring 93, and wp for os/2
- by Fall 93 (sounded very tentative though). The main reason for the call was to
- upgrade to wp4win 5.2...I hope the claims of better performance under os/2 are true!
-
- LH
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- lindor@eng.umd.edu
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