Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!paperboy!hsdndev!husc6!encore!houligan!epeterso From: epeterso@houligan.encore.com (Eric Peterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: When will new WordPerfect be available? Message-ID: Date: 15 Jan 91 15:49:08 GMT References: <1991Jan14.092400.10827@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1991Jan14.104559.23914@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <91014.113702AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu> <15621@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Sender: news@Encore.COM Reply-To: epeterson@encore.com (Eric Peterson) Organization: Encore Computer Corporation, Diagnostic Development Lines: 57 Nntp-Posting-Host: houligan.encore.com News-Software: NN 6.4.12 orovner@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Oleg Rovner) writes: | Why are we discussing MS-DOS and Mac applications on | c.s.AMIGA.applications? The original question in this thread was basically "When is WordPerfect gonna port WP5.1 to the Amiga?" This thread then dissolved into a "my word processor can beat up your word processor" war. However, there is a good point in all of this -- that Amiga general productivity software is not up to the quality of that available in the Mac and PC world. Why this is so, however, is debateable. | Better yet, why are people | whining about the word processors available on the amiga | rather than talking about those areas where the Amiga | has a clear cut edge? Because (a) this is an applications group, (b) people use word processors, (c) people use word processors on their Amigas, and (d) people want to share experiences with them, both good and bad. What's the point about talking to each other about how great we all are all the time? | What about the APPALING lack of capability | on the IBM version of VideoToaster? My God, they are still | on board revision 0.0 :-). What about the current generation of | under $500 RGB to NTSC 24 bit boards on the Mac? Sheesh, they are | years behind HAM-E and DCTV! Who cares? Let the people in comp.sys.mac.apps and comp.os.msdos.apps discuss that. Or, better yet, "Take it to .advocacy" (tm). | The point is, some machines do some | things better. So, let us discuss the Amiga applications that are | designed for the Amiga's strong points, things that make it unique | and differentiate it from any other PC on the market. Let us discuss whatever people want to discuss in whatever forum is appropriate for that discussion. This is a discussion group, not a "pat-each-other-on-the-back-for-being-so-wonderful" group. | People managed | to get along with feathers, pens, pencils, and even typerwriters as | their primary word processors. Surely we can get along with | WordPerfect, AmigaTeX, dbMan, and Advantage for our business needs. Of course we can. I got along with WordPerfect 4.1 for my Amiga for a year or so in college before I got a chance to work on WordPerfect 5.0 for MS-DOS. And I got to wondering -- when will 5.0 become available for the Amiga, which is what this thread was all about to begin with. Eric -- Eric Peterson <> epeterson@encore.com <> uunet!encore!epeterson Encore Computer Corp. * Ft. Lauderdale, Florida * (305) 587-2900 x 5208 Why did Constantinople get the works? Gung'f abobql'f ohfvarff ohg gur Ghexf.