Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!olivea!uunet!unhd.unh.edu!pss610 From: pss610@unhd.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Using MS-DOS with the UNIX* system ? Message-ID: <1991May5.200336.16107@unhd.unh.edu> Date: 5 May 91 20:03:36 GMT References: <1991Apr30.171445.22045@nusdecs.uucp> <1991May01.141751.2332@bluemoon.uucp> Organization: University of New Hampshire Lines: 33 In article <1991May01.141751.2332@bluemoon.uucp> grant@bluemoon.uucp (Grant DeLorean) writes: > > Someone has to ask... > > Why not just get the the UNIX version of WP and be done with it? No problems, >no hassles and actually less cost than having enough DOS version licenses >to have several people legally using it at once. It is also less strain >on system resources since there isn't the VP/ix overhead to deal with. I >don't get why so many people are anxious to slam WP, the company provides >good support free of charge (at least the UNIX division) and a product >that does what it is supposed to do and does it well. I won't even go >into the fact that the folks complaining probably bought one DOS license >and are complaining about it not supporting 10 users at once over a >network... What's the latest version of WP for UNIX? I've seen reviews of 5.0 for UNIX at a time when 5.1 for DOS was out for quite a while (this was a some months ago). IMHO, 5.1 is *much* better than 5.0. Even minimal mouse support makes a big difference, and technical users will find the equation editor invaluable. I would have trouble switching back to 5.0 after using 5.1. This might be one reason why WP users are reluctant to switch. If there is a newer version out, then I'd have to agree with your message. VP/ix is something of a CPU hog (at least the ancient version I'm using is). I use it only when necessary, and if I have to do a lot of work with a DOS app, I usually just reboot from the DOS partition (my system is single user, so I have that luxury). -- Paul S. Secinaro University of New Hampsire pss610@unhd.unh.edu p_secinaro@unhh.unh.edu