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From: secrist@msdoa1.DEC.COM (Richard C. Secrist, KXO SWS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Use of WordStar Upgrades to Size CP/M Market
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Date: 9 Jan 88 18:48:14 GMT
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	Some have called WordStar "everybody's second favorite editor"
	because it's one of those so-called de facto standards.  But
	most of the die-hard CP/Mers I know say they wouldn't give up
	good money for any version of it (at a local users group it's
	known as "TurdStar") but would be eager for a "vi" or "Emacs",
	or just about anything you can get the sources to - especially
	in C.

	When the Simtel20 CP/M archives were created it'd be interesting
	to know what they estimated the government usage at - perhaps
	it was in their justification documents or whatever...

	rcs