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- From: Arylnn.Poczynek@ttlg.UUCP (Arylnn Poczynek)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Wordperfect 5.2 for O
- Message-ID: <727612761.0@ttlg.ttlg.UUCP>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 05:32:00 GMT
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- In a message to ALL <01-15-93 19:59>, -UNKNOWN- writes:
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- -W> The WP rep *insisted* that there would be a WP5.2 for OS/2 very
- -W> soon.....
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- According to both Corporate Communications and PC Testing, this
- is correct. They claim 2nd Quarter, but I find that _very_ hard to
- believe. It will be a port of WPwin 5.2, with very few attempts to
- customize performance for OS/2. Personally, I figure a U.S. release in
- August; Canadian release for late September; foreign releases before
- the year is out. (U.K.-based releases should be there by October).
- Pure speculation.
-
- -W> The only thing that worries me is: If WP5.2 *is* coming
- -W> out......when will we see V6.0?????
-
- Which was my concern too. However, C.C. made a very good point.
- Most of their WP users have been begging for the OS/2 version to be
- released, at any cost. So, now you have a release. What else do you
- want? Personally, I'd like WP 7.0 for OS/2 next week, but.... :-)
-
- -W> Doesn't look to be soon.......if we get WP5.2 first.
-
- It will follow the same development path as WPwin is: Release of
- 5.2, optimization development, beta testing of 6.0, release three
- quarters after the release of 5.2. Which means that we won't see 6.0
- until 1994. In fairness, 6.0 for Windows (and therefore OS/2) won't be
- changed all that much from 5.2. It's WPdos 6.0 that will be radically
- changed. However, that does mean that while everyone else is using an
- OS/2-optimized word processor, WordPerfect users are stuck with a port
- from Windows. Bottom line: We're a full year away from WPos2 6.0.
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