Re: WordPerfect 8 on Sid

[Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@mindspring.com>]

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Alan Shutko wrote:

> ThanhVu Nguyen <thanhvunguyen@psu.edu> writes:
> 
> > I need help installing WP8 on Sid, I ran the ./Runme file and the
> > installer won't start.  I know I miss some old libraries but I don't
> > know which, anyone succeeds in installing Wp8 on Debian ?
> 
> Don't do it.  WP8 will only get harder and harder to use as Debian
> progresses.  Eventually, you may not be able to get it to run and you
> will be stuck with all your documents in an unaccessible format.

That had better not be the case.  Why on earth would you break perfectly
good software?

> Try kword, or Lyx, or anything else.  Don't waste time on abandoned
> software. 

I'm in a WordPerfect shop (and profession - it still enjoys a 75% share of
the legal market); word processors which aren't 100% filetype compatible
with WP are of no use to me.

This kind of "advice" really irks me; it's not responsive to anyone's
question, and it's nonsense besides.

Patrick

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