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To: Kashish King who wrote (8353)	12/27/1999 4:10:00 PM
From: Eveline Bernard	Respond to of 9798

It is not true "Word Perfect was rejected when they released a buggy, horrible product ported over from DOS to Windows." Some users that tried WP 5 for Windows rejected it. But the majority stayed with WP 5.1/5.2 for DOS. Because WP5.1 DOS IS BETTER THAN Word for the purpose THOSE users used it for. It still is. Example: The Editor of Computable Netherlands just switched over from WP 5.1 last month, only because of the Millennium problem in the rest of the system. To my opinion WP always has been better than the Word version released a little later. More useful and more stable. I used WP 5.1 Win myself, and though I have to admit it was buggy, it was heaven compared to Word 2, which I used same time. "A lot of folks use Apple, Palm Pilot and other hardware and software products". Of course. I used Apple too. But I preferred WP (1.5NL for Mac at that time) over the MS crap. Because it was more stable and more useful. I use Word 97, Word 6 and WP8 on a daily basis. WP8 is heaven compared to the MS's. "Your bogus claims about Corel's products" I wonder who makes bogus claims, where I stated my own experience? Sales are no proof for quality, but for marketing power. "Corel does not have the money, the personnel or the ability to produce a superior product." Money, even personnel, are not 'qualitate sine qua non' for a superior product. See Linux, Quod Erat Demonstrandum! This is the way WordPerfect grew and matured, i think: a large committed user base, giving feedback and being listened to. When Corel stops listening and delivering what is asked, its the end. Of course, it is easier to throw version after version on the market when funds and personnel are infinite. The more shame on MS for the poor quality. Probably you are too young to remember the first MS suite. We know it was very much NOT integrated. It was not developed as a whole. Excell they inherited from a very old product for the Mac. Word was 'washed over' (in your language) from an inferior text editor for the Mac too. But the worst thing is: those applications are not developed from a users point of view, nor driven by a serious concept of what users need. The Corel products WordPerfect (by WordPerfect), Quattro Pro (by Borland) and Draw (by Corel) surely ARE. And nobody questions the usability and concepts of Presentations. Besides your bluffing and non-consistent ciphre magic I did not find any valid argumentation in your messages. You state: "Corel does not have the ability to produce a superior product" At least give some valid checkable proof for this thought. I am very curious. It is in the interest of all investors to know the FACTS about Corel, beautiful or sad. So stop to curse, swear and scold, put facts on the table! Eveline