Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!olivea!mintaka!geech.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: When will new WordPerfect be available? Message-ID: <1991Jan15.204901.5099@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 15 Jan 91 20:49:01 GMT References: <91015.122517AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu> Sender: daemon@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu (Lucifer Maleficius) Organization: None Lines: 34 In article <91015.122517AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu> AXN100@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >> > Yes, you can get along with a pen and paper, but in business and most > other places, you use a word processor, and the Amiga does not have any > realy good ones (by good I mean Word quailty). For the average user yes > you can get a brigecard and Amax; however, when business buy a computer, > they do not want to have to go to that hassle. Well what did people use before Word came out?How come when a new product comes out and is good, it instantly makes all the other products bad? Does Ghost or Home Alone make every other movie truly bad because they surpassed them? What does it exactly mean to be Word Quality? If everyone thought like this, a word processor market wouldn't even exist. There would only be 1 word processor, Word. How come a word processor has to live up to Word quality & features before its even considered to be quality? I think this stagnates creativity with the interface. No wonder companies who dominate the market are trying to copyright their user interfaces, because people won't even buy other products unless they use the same interface people are 'used to' on the big name products. Naturally those companies feel they should be able to copyright their GUI, since everyone else is cloning it and invading their market. Oh well. I've had enough of this thread. You can buy a Mac if you like, I'll stick to Emacs, TeX, and nr/troff for my WP use. >> >>PS I STILL want Red Baron, Tempest, and Battlezone for the Amiga! >>:-) >> >>-- >>"Nobody in this city would get shot if they just did what the cops >>told them to." San Diego Police Department Officer Shane Martin >>(in SD Union, December 23, 1990)