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Jeff Weeks wrote:
> 
> > I would like to hear peoples experiences with Applixware 4.3. I've tried
> > the latest staroffice, besides being really slow(intel 166mmx, 64megs ram,
> > static version of staroffice), it segv's on me often. For now, I'm still
> > rebooting into win95 to use msword.. also, has anyone tried wordperfect
> > for linux? how's the beta of version 7? (www.sdcorp.com)
> 
> I've got Applix 4.2 and it runs at a decent clip :)  It's got good
> speed.  MUCH faster than StarOffice.  I don't know which is actually
> better though.
> 
> I haven't tried WP Beta... however, given that web site, I think I
> will.  I tried a beta of WP for Java and it was really cool.  It didn't
> work too well... and it was extremely slow in Netscape... but it looked
> cool :)

The WP Java beta was pretty slow under Netscape and Linux, a bit quicker
under os/2's "native" java support (i.e off the command prompt not in a
browser). Still too slow to be really usable though. Looked good, if
they can speed it up it'll be great. (This was on a P120, 64Mb BTW)