I thought all that was being asked for was a program to read WP files, not write them. Even "M$" makes available a program to read MS Word files.
-- C.L. Daugaard [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ Ted Harding wrote: > > On 10-Oct-97 G. Kapetanios wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > >Does anyone know of a program that will read WP files in linux ?? > > > > TIA > > George > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >George Kapetanios > >Churchill College > >Cambridge, CB3 0DS E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >U.K. WWW: > >http://garfield.chu.cam.ac.uk/~gk205/work_info.html > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Yes. It is called WordPerfect. WordPerfect-6.0 (Novell) for Linux has been > available for a good while from Caldera (http://www.caldera.com), > and WordPerfect-7.0 for Linux (Corel) has recently been issued (ported by > Software Development Corp -- http://www.sdcorp.com). > > WordPerfect-5.1 runs very well in DOSEMU on Linux. > > Sun's WABI (also available for Linux) allows most if not all 16-bit > MS-Windows applications to be run on Linux. > > These of course cost money. In the UK, Lasermoon sold me WP-6.0 at a very > reasonable price (http://www.Lasermoon.co.uk). The US price for Wp-7 is > $199 (or $149 if you "trade-up"). > > The following remarks may not apply to George Kapetanios (and I apologise > in advance if by chance they cause offence): While it is wonderful to > have the Linux OS available both freely and for free, and while it is also > wonderful to have so much high-quality free software available on the Net, > there are certain types of applications which are not as yet well served > by the free-ware resources. These tend to be in the "Office/Business" > area, including databases, word processors, spreadsheets, accounting, > project management, and the more sophisticated CAD/DTP applications. > > If you need to handle this sort of thing, you would pay good money for > them if your OS was DOS/Win, just to get the programs you need to do the > job. > > You should be equally prepared to pay good money if such software has been > ported to Linux by a commercial software house. This will also assist > Linux to encroach on the territory which has been imperialised by "other" > operating systems. One (but not the only) major reason why Linux is slow > to penetrate the business/office world is that you cannot readily get the > software you need, so that Linux is likely to be a waste of time. > > In this context you also have to remember that compatibility with file > formats produced on "other" systems is a must: George's own query is an > instance of this. > > Sorry for the sermon ... > > Best wishes to all, > Ted. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: Ted Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11-Oct-97 Time: 00:05:54 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
