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- From: cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Joe Rosenfeld)
- Subject: Re: WordPerfect Development Continues
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.023551.29134@news.csuohio.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 02:35:51 GMT
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- Randy Jackson (randyj@outback.sbs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
- :
- : At the urging of others on the net, I have just spoken with
- : Brent McKinley, product marketing director for the
- : unix division of WordPerfect. He stated that the
- : decision has been made to continue the development of WP
- : for the NeXT. He added that the next WP product will be "next
- : generation," and not a current version upgrade.
- :
- : He also suggested that interested parties might contact
- : Gordon Mella (product manager) at 801-228-7284 for
- : additional information, although there really won't be
- : much additional info for a month or two.
- :
- : --
-
- I find this posting interesting because I was told be someone at
- WordPerfect Corporation just yesterday that WP planned to upgrad all the
- other platforms running WP first and then get to the NeXT, even though the
- NeXT is the great computer that it is! I was pretty outraged at the time.
- WP for the NeXT does not do tables. How pathetic! It is a reproduction of
- WP for DOS 5.0, taking no advantage of the great potential in the NeXT.
-
- Anyone know how to get a table feature working with WP for the NeXT? I
- hope you are right, but I have seen neXT users put behind the back burner
- before. Perhaps the media has helped do us in--after all, they, the Media,
- support DOS and the Mac, etc, while the NeXT and mostly other Unix
- platforms also are given short shrift and little good is said about Unix!
-
- Well, sorry to complain so much. I hope Gordon is right, that Wp for the
- NeXT is given an upgrade SOON and that it is an upgrade that takes maximum
- advantage of the abilities present on the NeXT.
-
- I also WANT my tables!
-
- B
- Joe
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