Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!news.larc.nasa.gov!alandail.larc.nasa.gov!alandail From: alandail@applelink.apple.com (Alan Dail) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: WordPerfect (was Re: X11 for the NeXTstation) Message-ID: <1991Jan16.203043.21072@news.larc.nasa.gov> Date: 16 Jan 91 20:30:43 GMT References: <1991Jan16.185529.17040@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@news.larc.nasa.gov (USENET Network News) Reply-To: alandail@applelink.apple.com (Alan Dail) Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA Lines: 25 In article <1991Jan16.185529.17040@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: > In article shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) writes: > >Is Word Perfect shipping yet? > >Having the world's most popular word processor on > >the NeXT will make a lot of people happy. > > Don't count on it. WordPerfect on the Macintosh is absolute trash; > who knows how useful the NeXT version will be? > > Those with offices full of DOS machines that HAVE it have it as a "checklist" > item might be happy, though. I just saw WordPerfect 2.0 for the Macintosh at the MacWorld expo last week. They have gone from having the worst word processor on the mac to what appears to be the best. They completely redesigned the user interface for 2.0 on the mac and the version for the NeXT. Alan -- Alan Dail NASA/Langley Research Center ALANDAIL@applelink.apple.com