Re: WordPerfect 8.0 considered harmful
On Saturday 19 November 2005 17:23, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> * 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.
>
Can't find the info now, but there may have been a connection between Corel &
the Canopy Group, the Canopy group had/has SCO in its portfolio.
--
Greg Madden
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