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From: dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WordPerfect Woes
Keywords: where did my memory go?
Message-ID: <3372@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 89 17:28:24 GMT
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Reply-To: dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dale Larson)
Organization: The Evergreen State College,  WA
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In article <7563@ecsvax.UUCP> kms@ecsvax.UUCP (Ken Steele) writes:
>
>I just got WordPerfect (4.1.9  Aug 10 1988).  I figured
>that all the bugs should be worked out by now.  However
>I discovered that I loose 50k of memory for just 
>invoking the sucker (no file load, no print, no nothing)
>and it apparently doesn't come back.  I called WP and
>the answerer (Cody) said that it was a known problem
>that would be corrected in the NEXT version.
>
>In any case, this far into revisions and they still have
>a problem with un-flushed libraries.  Shame on you WP.
>
>Ken

Be prepared to find several other problems.  There is a bug in the switch
function, there are low memory-handling problems, and there are problems
with the list files function under FFS.  

I have been calling WP on behalf of myself and the law office I work for
as a systems manager (3 Amigas sharing a big harddrive with CLtd controllers)
Since early January.  About every two weeks they tell me (alternatively)
"The next release will be out when it's out" and "Next week".  I'm about
ready to find new word processing software, as it is getting REALLY difficult
to explain to the lawyers why their "state of the art" system is seeing
an average of a couple of guru's per system per day!

BTW, when I talked to Cody this morning (about 15 minutes before reading
the above message), he indicated that gripes should be sent to the WP
address Attn. Amiga Develpment.  When I told him that I was ticked off at
upper management for not fixing things, rather than the under-staffed
programming team, he indicated that I might want to write to the Director 
of Marketing, Reed Hainsworth.  

If you have something to say to the people who took your $150 without 
releasing any fixes for known bugs for more than a year, please write
to Mr. Hainsworth.  I fully intend to tell him how pissed I am on behalf
of our $500 investment.  

For those who think I'm wasting net bandwidth, my appologies, but perhaps
WordPerfect will get some bugs fixed if their executives have to hire
extra people to sort their mail  :-)
  
-- 
	    A lack of prior planning on the part of any programmer 
		       always constitutes an emergency.
	
           Digital Teddy Bear      dlarson@blake.acs.washington.edu