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New WordPerfect Releases Reviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the corel-isn't-dead-yet? dept.

MikeCapone writes "The Jem Report has an extensive review (all in one page, no flash ads -- what a concept!) of Corel WordPerfect 12 for Windows and the proof of concept comeback of WordPerfect for Linux."

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  1. Upgrade Policy? by JCMay · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got an old copy of WordPerfect for Amiga. It's the last version they made. (4.1.12?). Got it in an envelope directly from WordPerfect corporation. Wonder if it has any upgrade value :)

    1. Re:Upgrade Policy? by rixstep · · Score: 3, Funny

      Good idea!

      We've got unopened copies for the PDP-1 and the DEC Rainbow, maybe we can cut a deal too!

  2. LaTeX by tindur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you save the documents in LaTeX-format?

    1. Re:LaTeX by JosKarith · · Score: 5, Funny

      Thank you soooo much. I just got a mental image of a bunch of ageing hippies in latex...
      It's gonna take a lot of alcohol to get _that_ one out.

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  3. *thrums fingers on the desk* by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    an extensive review (all in one page, no flash ads -- what a concept!)

    And for all the bandwidth that would save, the webserver is still DOA...

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  4. A better way... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny

    For document storage, I convert each character into an octal number, than arrange grains of sand into little piles on my basement floor. It works fine; I have no idea why anyone needs anything else.

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    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
    1. Re:A better way... by parksie · · Score: 5, Funny

      *sneezes*

    2. Re:A better way... by darkith · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn viruses...

  5. Right on... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is the best comment ever to explain the role of presentation software:

    "Presentation software has quietly become an essential tool for validating otherwise totally useless company meetings; it makes a lot of nothing look like something important (...)"

    I would add:

    If you don't have anything good to say, put it in a presentation.

  6. Re:Full text by meringuoid · · Score: 4, Funny
    WordPerfect for Linux requires GNU/Linux with the 2.0 kernel or later and a functional X11 graphical environment

    Aw! Guys, if only for nostalgia's sake: how about a curses version? I can't be the only one with fond memories of 5.1 for DOS...

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    Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
  7. *yawn* by JediTrainer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm still waiting for their next release of the Java port of WordPerfect.

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