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From: Rob Parkhill
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 11:04
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 11:04
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Subject: Re: WordPerfect Development Continues
Summary: Current users locked out?
References: <1992Aug18.153911.4652@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
<1992Aug18.230341.28375@morrow.stanford.edu>
Sender: rob@hobbes.cuc.ab.ca
>At the urging of others on the net, I have just spoken with
>Brent McKinley, product marketing director for the
>unix division of WordPerfect. He stated that the
>decision has been made to continue the development of WP
>for the NeXT. He added that the next WP product will be "next
>generation," and not a current version upgrade.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Just Great! I suppose this means that the current victims, oops, owners
of WP will not be able to upgrade and will be forced to buy the 'next
generation' product at full retail.
Somebody please say that I'm wrong :(
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Rob Parkhill
rob@hobbes.cuc.ab.ca
(NeXTmail preferred!)
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