🚀 go-pugleaf

Randy Jackson (randyj@outback.sbs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:
: 
: 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.
: 
: He also suggested that interested parties might contact
: Gordon Mella (product manager) at 801-228-7284 for
: additional information, although there really won't be
: much additional info for a month or two.
: 
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I find this posting interesting because I was told be someone at
WordPerfect Corporation just yesterday that WP planned to upgrad all the
other platforms running WP first and then get to the NeXT, even though the
NeXT is the great computer that it is!  I was pretty outraged at the time.
WP for the NeXT does not do tables.  How pathetic!  It is a reproduction of
WP for DOS 5.0, taking no advantage of the great potential in the NeXT.  

Anyone know how to get a table feature working with WP for the NeXT?  I
hope you are right, but I have seen neXT users put behind the back burner
before.  Perhaps the media has helped do us in--after all, they, the Media,
support DOS and the Mac, etc, while the NeXT and mostly other Unix
platforms also are given short shrift and little good is said about Unix!

Well, sorry to complain so much.  I hope Gordon is right, that Wp for the
NeXT is given an upgrade SOON and that it is an upgrade that takes maximum
advantage of the abilities present on the NeXT.

I also WANT my tables!

B
Joe
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