Re: Wordperfect files in linux
I thought all that was being asked for was a program to read WP files,
not write them. Even "M$" makes available a program to read MS Word
files.
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C.L. Daugaard
cld@mcs.net
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Ted Harding wrote:
>
> On 10-Oct-97 G. Kapetanios wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >Does anyone know of a program that will read WP files in linux ??
> >
> > TIA
> > George
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >George Kapetanios
> >Churchill College
> >Cambridge, CB3 0DS E-Mail: GK205@cus.cam.ac.uk
> >U.K. WWW:
> >http://garfield.chu.cam.ac.uk/~gk205/work_info.html
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Yes. It is called WordPerfect. WordPerfect-6.0 (Novell) for Linux has been
> available for a good while from Caldera (http://www.caldera.com),
> and WordPerfect-7.0 for Linux (Corel) has recently been issued (ported by
> Software Development Corp -- http://www.sdcorp.com).
>
> WordPerfect-5.1 runs very well in DOSEMU on Linux.
>
> Sun's WABI (also available for Linux) allows most if not all 16-bit
> MS-Windows applications to be run on Linux.
>
> These of course cost money. In the UK, Lasermoon sold me WP-6.0 at a very
> reasonable price (http://www.Lasermoon.co.uk). The US price for Wp-7 is
> $199 (or $149 if you "trade-up").
>
> The following remarks may not apply to George Kapetanios (and I apologise
> in advance if by chance they cause offence): While it is wonderful to
> have the Linux OS available both freely and for free, and while it is also
> wonderful to have so much high-quality free software available on the Net,
> there are certain types of applications which are not as yet well served
> by the free-ware resources. These tend to be in the "Office/Business"
> area, including databases, word processors, spreadsheets, accounting,
> project management, and the more sophisticated CAD/DTP applications.
>
> If you need to handle this sort of thing, you would pay good money for
> them if your OS was DOS/Win, just to get the programs you need to do the
> job.
>
> You should be equally prepared to pay good money if such software has been
> ported to Linux by a commercial software house. This will also assist
> Linux to encroach on the territory which has been imperialised by "other"
> operating systems. One (but not the only) major reason why Linux is slow
> to penetrate the business/office world is that you cannot readily get the
> software you need, so that Linux is likely to be a waste of time.
>
> In this context you also have to remember that compatibility with file
> formats produced on "other" systems is a must: George's own query is an
> instance of this.
>
> Sorry for the sermon ...
>
> Best wishes to all,
> Ted.
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> E-Mail: Ted Harding <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
> Date: 11-Oct-97 Time: 00:05:54
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