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Re: Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect

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Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
> 
> > > Forwarded post:
> > > 
> > > Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect
> > > 
> > > By rey
> > > Wednesday, January 18, 2017
> > > 
> > > Years ago, I used WordPerfect for all my academic papers.
> > > I felt the program was more friendly toward that type of
> > > writing, easier to cite, create footnotes, end notes,
> > > bibliographies, etc. As Microsoft Word no longer comes as
> > > part of the operating system package, I have been
> > > considering my options.
> > > 
> > > My question is two-fold; is WordPerfect still a good
> > > product? Is it superior to Microsoft Word? What do
> > > professional writers prefer and why? (Yeah, that's three.
> > > I guess I'm a heavy tipper.)
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Posted by rey
> > > 
> > > End of forwarded post.
> > 
> > Forwarded post:
> > 
> > Back in 286/386 days I used to like WP 10x as much as
> > Word.
> > 
> > However, WP did an upgrade (this is a lot of years ago)
> > and I HATED the upgrade.
> > 
> > Over that same period, Word became much easier to use,
> > and lots more flexible. IMO.
> > 
> > Can you even get WP any more...?
> > 
> > However... as a matter of sending docs back and forth and
> > the interoperability with other MSFT applications....I
> > believe if all things were equal, meaning you’d have to
> > go buy WP at the same price you’d have to buy
> > Word....you’d want to buy and use Word.
> > 
> > Posted by Attention Surplus Disorder
> > 
> > End of forwarded post.
> 
> Forwarded post:
> 
> [ Back in 286/386 days . . .
> 
> You think YOU are old? Well, I used to work for a company
> called Wang Laboratories, generally credited for
> inventing Word Processing, years before the advent of the
> personal computer. I remember the when the 286/286
> revolution spelled doom for Wang... I'm not boasting, my
> arthritis flares up when I boast...
> 
> Posted by NYAmerican
> 
> End of forwarded post.

Forwarded post:

You think yer old-timers!? Listen, sonny[s], I used to
write code for computers with vacuum tubes in them.
UNIVAC 1105 / (1964) / Basic Assembly Language (BAL) --
not to be confused with BASIC that came out of Dartmouth
much later.

I wrote code to analyze classified satellite data (CDC
6600) -- in a building so secret it was not even listed
in Lockheed's comprehensive internal phone directory --
before there were any GPS sytems.

I learned LISP from the author himself, John McCarthy.

I wrote part of the operating system & many applications
for the first full hospital information system -- Spectra
2000 -- in assembly code for a Schlumberger EMR 6135. I
debugged that system for many months -- correcting, inter
alia, errors in the daily deceased patient list --
working the graveyard shift at a hospital in an office
next to the morgue.

I wrote / analyzed / debugged programs in FORTRAN / ALGOL
/ SAIL, & installed 16-bit Nova & Eclipse machines, which
we had to boot up using fanfold paper tape.

I was the point man on the pioneer International Systems
Engineering troubleshooting team that analyzed & solved
multiple problems in the four-NOVA DG/DAC system
controlling the flow of rail cars in the Santa Fe
railyard terminus in Barstow.

I met the Peterson brothers (Salt Lake City & Sandy,
Utah) who founded WordPerfect, & helped them sell their
product as a third-party app on DG gear.

I liked WP as the best of all word processors right from
the beginning, & agitated for it as the standard at a few
companies. I finally switched to Word for compatibility
with the overwhelming # of Word documents.

I became adept at MultiPlan long before it grew into
Excel.

I loaned Stewart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog) a Victor
9000 machine so he could experiment with its newfangled
graphics.

I wrote LISP fragments to manipulate wireframe elements
of AutoCAD drawings, using the AutoLISP interpreter.

I hired the gentleman who is now the Autodesk VP of
Product, worldwide, responsible for more than $2 Billion
in sales.

This thread might just persuade me to experiment with
WordPerfect again, out of nostalgia, & well-deserved
contempt for everything MSFT.

Computers will make yer lives easier!

Posted by goldbux

End of forwarded post.

Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti

http://ow.ly/UIz9w

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Microsoft Word vs WordPerfect alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) - 2017-01-19 01:29 +0000
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