Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!starsoft!david From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: WordPerfect Amiga! Message-ID: Date: 20 Sep 90 17:28:06 GMT References: <4110@disk.UUCP> <3113@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> <90260.143224UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> <4047@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> Lines: 32 >In article <4047@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp11@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Brett Kessler) writes: >In article <90260.143224UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>, UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee >Sailer) writes: >|>In article <3113@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in >|>Neutral) says: >|> >|>>What is the current version of WP for Amiga, anyway? >|> >|>If you mean, what's the *major* version number, it is still 4.1, >|>though it is a little different from WP 4.1 for MSDOS, that's >|>essentially what you get. > >Actually, I recently heard a rumor that WP version 5.1 has been released >for the Amiga. Is there any truth to this? (Not that I'd buy it - I >think WP is a dog - but it would lend a bit of much-needed reassurance >to this Amiga user.) > In his Oct. 90 Roomers columns, Amazing Computing's "Bandito" says that WordPerect is considering "WordPerfect 5.0 with a true graphical interface and a version of PlanPerfect for the Amiga" .... He goes on to say that CBM is lobbying hard to see that this is done. Keep in mind the the Bandito has been wrong before..... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft or {uhnix1,moray}!starsoft!david Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX | "Dare to be stupid!" -- Weird Al Yankovic