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- From: "richard wyble" <richard.wyble@channel1.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: wordperfect rumors
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.1046.7925@channel1>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 22:51:33 EST
- Reply-To: "richard wyble" <richard.wyble@channel1.com>
- Distribution: comp
- Organization: Channel 1 Communications
- Lines: 58
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- On 12-20-92 (18:40), Richard Wyble wrote to WordPerfect Customer
- support regarding OS/2 / WordPerfect rumors:
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- RW > . . . However, every day is bringing yet more confusion. WHAT is
- RW > WPC's current posture regarding WordPerfect for OS/2?
- RW >
- RW > Would you care to comment on the "information" quoted below?
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-
- These were the message quotes sent to WPCorp:
-
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- -> I asked a WP representative about some of the issues mentioned. He
- -> said that yes, WP 5.2 does run much better under OS/2 2.0 compared to
- -> the 5.1 version. He also said that WP will release a 5.2 version for
- -> OS/2. The other side of that coin is of course that it means that WP
- -> 6.0 i delayed. WP 6.0 will not be available BEFORE fall '93.
-
- -> There has been some rumours about a 6.0 version for DOS early '93. He
- -> would not confirm that, and said that this must be rumours and that he
- -> did not know about such plans.
-
- -> Unfortunatly, the WP 5.2 will be a 16-bit, not a 32-bit program.
- -> (Don't ask me why.) It will be out "first half of '93". He would not
- -> be more specific, but said that he was hoping that it would be early
- -> '93.
-
- -> This tells me first of all that WP 6.0 is delayed. But it also tells
- -> me that WP see the OS/2 market as an important market, and that there
- -> is a demand for OS/2 applications. (They would not have decided to
- -> make 5.2 for OS/2 if it was not for the market pressure). But it is
- -> also likely that WP will loose market shares to Lotus, given that
- -> Lotus have their 32-bit Ami Pro out 1Q '93.
-
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-
- WordPerfect responded:
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-
- -> Thanks for your message. I know this may sound similar to what you may
- -> have heard before but we do not have information regarding the release of a
- -> 5.2 version of WordPerfect for OS/2. Generally, as soon as information is
- -> released, we place that information on CompuServe for everyone to view. If
- -> you have any questions about getting information about new products please
- -> let me know.
-
- -> .Lynn Crabb
- -> .WPCS Sysop
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- richard.wyble@channel1.com Richard J. Wyble, Worcester, MA
- Written 12-22-92 at 21:54
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