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- From: willem@sparc-1.law.columbia.edu (System Admin)
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- Subject: Re: WP5.1 SLOW in OpenWindows 3.0 ? Is it us or a general problem
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.203238.16650@news.columbia.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 20:32:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.191234.2923@wam.umd.edu>, almquist@wam.umd.edu (Squish) writes:
- |> I administer a site that has (4) Sun 670MP servers and 80 NCD Xterminals.
- |> For some unknown reason we are using WordPerfect 5.1 running XDM/X/OW/etc.
- |> Performance SUCKS! I can't believe WordPerfect has the balls to sell us
- |> such a PITIFUL piece of software. SERIOUSLY! I do mean this. There has been
- |> lots of talk about returning it and demanding a refund. Performance is
- |> VERY VERY VERY PITIFUL. I don't think its cause it can't be done its simply
- |> that WP didn't hire some swift X hackers. Worst problem is that when you
- |> get to the bottom of the page WP then re-paints the whole window and there
- |> is MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR lag. IMHO WP5.1 for Unix is the biggest and best kludge
- |> around. Any other WP5.1 user out there? Any one happy?
- |>
- |> - Mike Almquist
-
- Although I agree that it is annoying for WP to repaint when you hit the bottom of
- the page, it is otherwise a tremedeous WordProcessing package!
-
- One of the best things it has going for it is the file transfer accross
- diverse platforms! There is no other wordprocessor out there which works the
- same under DOS, Mac, Unix, VMS or IBM. File formats are the same etc!
-
- We have a large server running NFS parttions to DOS and Unix users all using WP
- without having to worry about file translations. For example my assistant who is
- using a DOS machine can work on a document and I can open it up afterwards on
- my workstation make changes save it and back and forth...
-
- There are many feature implemented in WP which make it very usefull. I agree it
- needs a few bug fixes but it works great!
-
- -Willem.
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