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- From: hinds@cmgm.Stanford (Alexander Scott Hinds)
- Subject: Re: WordPerfect Development Continues
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.043722.13595@morrow.stanford.edu>
- Sender: news@morrow.stanford.edu (News Service)
- Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
- References: <1992Aug19.194749.2430@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 04:37:22 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- In article <1992Aug19.194749.2430@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
- randyj@randy.oac.osc.edu (Randy Jackson) writes:
- > In article <1992Aug18.230341.28375@morrow.stanford.edu>
- > hinds@cmgm.Stanford (Alexander Scott Hinds) writes:
- >
- > .....(.....)
- >
- > >
- > > I got burned by them when I purchased Amiga Wordperfect. I won't make
- > the
- > > same mistake twice. Naturally, this is just my opinion, not advice.
- > >
- > > --X
- >
- > Burned? In what way? And why transfer an Amiga-based policy to (all)
- > other platforms?
- >
- > I was always happy with WP for DOS, and in spite of some deficiencies,
- > I am relatively pleased with WP for NeXT. I recently purchased
- > EquationBuilder, and find the two products work pretty well together to
- > support my writing needs.
- >
- > --
- > Randy Jackson
- > Ohio State Zooniversity
-
- Burned in what way? Well, like promises upon promises of updates and
- continuing support, which didn't last all that long.
-
- Perhaps *burned* was too strong a word. It [Amiga WP] did the job quite
- well for me in college, although it certainly was never up to par with its
- DOS counterpart. I'm just reluctant to plunk down more cash for a program
- that doesn't work as well as it should from a company who's commitment to
- products seems at time flakey.
-
- Why there still isn't a topflight wp solution for the NeXT confuses the
- hell out of me. (More like annoys me.) I actually thinking of buying a
- powerbook to fill some of the void.
-
- --X
-