Re: If they're unreliable as heck... (was Re: [Nolug] someone's gotanaxe to grind...)

Wordperfect 5.1 was the best word processor ever. I still remember how much everyone complained when they switched everything to gui word processors.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dustin Puryear <dustin@puryear-it.com>

Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:41:18
To: <nolug@nolug.org>
Subject: Re: If they're unreliable as heck... (was Re: [Nolug] someone's gotan
 axe to grind...)


You were replying to someone other than me, FYI. :)

Anyway, I liked WP. And, yes, it ran everywhere. Too bad it's become so
niche.

BTW, a long time ago was around 2000. :)

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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 08/05/08 11:19, Jeremy (mailing list box) wrote:
>> Dustin Puryear wrote:
>>> Yes he did. And I'm thinking he may have meant WordPerfect (WP).
>>>
>>> I think his thoughts are that you can replace TS with Pine and
>>> WordPerfect and people are good to go.. ;)
>>>
>>
>> I'm pretty sure his intention is to try and get a rise out of the
>> group. The idea that you replace applications like Outlook and Word
>> in a TS environment with Wordperfect and Pine is way out there.
>> Seriously, as much trouble users are for us admins, you don't make
>> their lives harder unless absolutely necessary if you value your sanity.
>
> You did say that it was one of your previous previous previous jobs. To
> me, that indicates A Long Time Ago. But then, maybe my Long Time Ago is
> different from yours.
>
> There must be people on this list with fond memories of WP51 who
> remember that it was a very cross-platform app. It even got it's start
> on DG minicomputers...
>
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