Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful
* Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com> [2005 Nov 19 18:39 -0600]:
> On 11/19/05, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> wrote:
>
> Ken Heard wrote:
>
> > Herewith is my follow-up to the the only two responses elicited by my
> > request for help in installing WordPerfect 8.0 which contained
> > suggestions as to how to solve my problem -- those from Kent West and
> > Patrick Wiseman.
>
> WordPerfect is considered harmful. SCO makes WordPerfect, and has
> proven
> itself very anti-Linux. Don't install WordPerfect, don't use
> WordPerfect,
> return it and DEMAND full refund.
>
> Corel produced a WP6 for the SCO Unix platform years ago. SCO, as far as
> I can tell, has never made WP, and it certainly had nothing to do with
> WP8. So stop spreading FUD.
Not to defend Mr. Heard, but perhaps the confusion comes from the fact
that Novell owned Wordperfect for a time in the late '80s to mid '90s
before selling it to Corel. Also, in the mid 90's, Novell aquired the
rights to AT&T UNIX and apparently held both for a breif period of
time. This is probably where the UNIX port of WP comes in.
Most of us are well aware of the path UNIX took once Novell sold it.
- Nate >>
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