Greetings, Kris,
On (13 Dec 97) cybercadet Kris Steenhaut wrote to Darryl Gregorash...
 DG> You should have been in here when 6.0
 DG> was first released by WPCorp; it was one long litany of woe and
 DG> terror.)
 KS> I was there too. Agreed, WP6.0 Dos & WP6.0A Dos gave some horrible
 KS> events. But _everething_ was fixed  in WP6.0b. And it was still
 KS> WordPerfect Corporation, at that time.
If *everything* was fixed, then what was the purpose of WP DOS 6.0c? (I
also have WPD6.0b, but was swayed by the Dark Side before getting 6.0c )
 KS> As I said before, IMHO competition on Windows leads to the dead end.
 KS> Bill Gates NEVER will allow any fair competition.
That's NOT what the U.S. Department of Justice said! 
 DG> The alternative is 2 or 3 more years of obsolete and broken software
 DG> that hardly anyone wants; that would surely be the road to no WP at
 DG> all, if not the bankruptcy of Corel. What do you prefer to see?
 KS> Do you really know much people that want to buy a complete suite
 KS> 8-9-10? Maybe you do, I don't know anyone. OS2 and Linux people do
 KS> have enough to buy. "Dummies" just buy a computer with some of
 KS> BillyBoy's soft preinstalled. Moreover, Lotus will bring out a
 KS> complete native suite for OS2 in short time (beta is there already,
 KS> and looks good). Wich means on the OS2 platform Corel will be wiped
 KS> out eighter.
I don't recall the precise URL, but there was an article in PC On-line
that looked an awful lot like IBM officially dropping support for OS2
(dated 24 Nov 97, BTW) :(
 KS> IMHO, the WP6.0b Dos is just about the best soft there is. WP6.2 Dos
 KS> is alike, not much difference. The Dos platform should  still be their
 KS> best bet. But they have screwed up things completely, I am afraid.
 KS> Don't like it at all, but's that seems to be the awfull truth.
*I* don't like being forced into Win95 either, but had to go that way
because of work to insure compatability. :( At least I was able to
still hold out for WordPerfect Suite 8 over MS Office 97, but it was
quite a battle. Unfortunately, too many people/companies believe all
the MS hype, or just accept it as inevitable. :(
Cheers,
Phil
... WINDOWS -= Another example of the Peter Principle.
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