Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!35002_3025 From: 35002_3025@uwovax.uwo.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: WordPerfect ST status Message-ID: <1983@uwovax.uwo.ca> Date: 1 Apr 89 21:43:51 GMT References: <890401.10452590.033065@SFA.CP6> Lines: 45 Organisation: University of Western Ontario, Canada In article <890401.10452590.033065@SFA.CP6>, Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) writes: > BBB writes: > > "Does anyone happen to know what the date of the latest WordPerfect > release is? A few days ago someone posted a note stating, among > other things, that there was a new release of WP around the beginning > of the year. But I just called JB Marketing (the Canadian distributor; > 1-800-541-5096 if you're interested), and the latest release that they're > aware of is the August '88 one. Thanks, BBB" > > Just hang in there. The new release, possibly out by April 15th, > is significantly faster and has some new features. On top of the new > features, or maybe underneathe, all *known* bugs have been exterminated. > Unfortunately, the non-disclosure agreement prevents me from saying > anything more. I think we can be thankful that WordPerfect's quality > control *requires* fixes and enhancements on a product which is a > financial loss (the U.S. ST market) to them. > > Larry Rymal Not to mention the beating that the distributors take each time that they have to mail out the six update disks! I have personally received two updates already, which have cost J&B at least $5.00 per. Speaking of which, could you comment on the availability of the upgrade, please Larry. I am particularily concerned with the fact that J&B has had some problems in the past realizing that upgrades have been made, and also with maintaining their list of WP owners. I take it from you reference to a non-|r~>}~?~?~?~?~?~?~-discat you were beta- testing the product? I also take it from the posting that you were quite pleased with the improvements? thanks v. much. Kevin-john Conway ...a librarian from hell... School of Library and Information Science University of Western Ontario London Canada "...deviants from the norm..." "My ideas may be silly, but I'm not. I'm positively skewed!" 35002_3025@uwovax.uwo.ca conway@uwovax.bitnet kjc@uwovax.bitnet