word processor wanted

[Janina Sajka]

Corel's WP for Linux, at least the one I have, comes with rpms for installation. I wasn't able to get any use of it,
however, even though I had no problem installing it.

In my view, part of their failure on Linux comes from the fact that they ported their Windows thinking along with their
code--all the way down to the file naming conventions. It was really odd seeing files like /usr/sbin/[something].EXE

Very odd.

If you want to do WordPerfect on Linux, do wpdos, either 5.1 or 6.2, over dosemu. Consult:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/

Thomas Ward writes:
> From: Thomas Ward <slingshooter at valkyrie.net>
> 
> 
> Hi.
> Well, the Wordperfect for Linux had several problems. One of the major 
> reasons they didn't make enough of a prophet off of it, and why it failed 
> is the wrote the installer to work on Corel Linux and Debian only, and you 
> couldn't install it on say red Hat.
> They also had some deal going with Lokhi  Games, and when Lokhi  went bust 
> Correl 
> decided to pull there Linux products. Including Wordperfect 9.0 which had 
> just come out, and which was suppose to feature an installer more 
> compatible with Red Hat Linux.
> 
> As for it's accessability it was written using Motif which is alot 
> moreaccessible  than most gui toolkits.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
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