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To: Mark Fleming who wrote (7829)	11/23/1999 12:29:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 9798

The way StarOffice is better is that it's zero cost. Some will say that you get what you pay for, but that's not altogether true. Myself, I have no use for a feature packed suite like M$Office or WPs8. I don't even need most of the stuff in StarOffice. Star Office could be said meets the needs of *most users. That's important when you think about the cost of buying 1,000 licenses every few years at $100 to $400 a pop. I think though that StarOffice actually HELPs WordPerfect n that it causes people to really focus on the non-value of M$ Office and if S.O. isn't powerful enough as a replacement option, WPs8 undoubtedly provides much more bang for the buck. In a world where suites in use are more heterogeneous, WP8 gains market share. I'm really looking forward to WPs9 on Corel/Debian Linux. It sounds like THE ascended choice for XML authoring. Corel is out in front in a lot of areas in the Suite space. Between that, the brand, and changing market dynamics, I don't worry much about the future of WordPerfect. -JCJ