rpbozac@crocus.waterloo.edu (Neill Kernohan) (01/16/90)
Does anyone have the latest WordPerfect Bulletin -- apparently they're advising people not to buy WordPerfect 5.1 because of some "anomalies" with the program. Could someone email me the article? Also, I need drivers - either official or shareware - for the Tandy DWP210 and the Diablo Companion for WordPerfect 5.0. I would appreciate these also. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neill Kernohan ------------ rpbozac@crocus.waterloo.edu 513 Glendene Cres ---------- Waterloo, ON -------- Don't accept candy from
granoff@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com (Mark H. Granoff) (01/17/90)
> Does anyone have the latest WordPerfect Bulletin -- apparently they're advising > people not to buy WordPerfect 5.1 because of some "anomalies" with the > program. Could someone email me the article? What *kind* of "anomalies?" Care to elaborate? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark H. Granoff | Software Services/Engineering VAXworks Digital Equipment Corporation | ARPAnet: granoff@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com 129 Parker Street | EASYnet: VAXWRK::GRANOFF PKO2-1/M21 | Usenet : ...!decwrl!vaxwrk.dec.com!granoff Maynard, MA 01754 | AT&T : (508) 493-4512 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Views expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
steve@wintermute.ucsd.edu ({Darkavich}) (01/17/90)
In article <7508@shlump.nac.dec.com> granoff@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com (Mark H. Granoff) writes: > >> Does anyone have the latest WordPerfect Bulletin -- apparently they're >advising >> people not to buy WordPerfect 5.1 because of some "anomalies" with the >> program. Could someone email me the article? > >What *kind* of "anomalies?" Care to elaborate? My parents are authorized WP dealers and they haven't been told anything about this. Where is this Bulletin? Could you point me in the right direction? Apparently the operators at Word PErfect know nothing about any problems? Steve Misrack steve@ucsd.edu
tlov@ohs.UUCP (Timothy Loveridge) (01/18/90)
In article <19813@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, rpbozac@crocus.waterloo.edu (Neill Kernohan) writes: > Does anyone have the latest WordPerfect Bulletin -- apparently they're advising people not to buy WordPerfect 5.1 because of some "anomalies" with the program. Could someone email me the article? > Better yet, If anyone has it could they please post the article to the net? This has a great impact on many people around the world. -- Mail: Timothy M. Loveridge Email: uunet!iconsys!ohs!tlov or 855 E. 200 S. ohs!tlov@uunet.uu.net or Orem, UT 84058 loveridgeti@uvadm.uvcc.edu Fertility is hereditary ... if your parents didn't have kids, neither will you.
stanwass@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (01/18/90)
I have been using 5.1 for one month --- no problems.
peter@isgtec.UUCP (Peter Curran) (01/19/90)
In article <19813@watdragon.waterloo.edu> rpbozac@crocus.waterloo.edu (Neill Kernohan) writes: >Does anyone have the latest WordPerfect Bulletin -- apparently they're >advising people not to buy WordPerfect 5.1 because of some "anomalies" >with the program. Could someone email me the article? Without over-quoting from copyrighted material, the complaints mentioned in the article include: - occasional unexplained serious performance degradation - Print View is slow (but higher-resolution) - text is not always displayed correctly (especially in columns) - extensive use of Graphics Boxes causes strange behaviour - excessive Novell Form requests sent when printing on a Novell Network - incorrect characters appear when editing file names - problems have been reported when using EMS My brother, a value-added retailer, got a copy of WP 5.1 in December, and encountered several significant bugs in the VGA driver in the first half-hour of using it. WordPerfect Corp. has a well-earned reputation for unadequate product testing, premature releases, excessive numbers of upgrade releases (often introducing incompatibilities with previous releases), etc. I would say that "wait" is a good strategy, unless the new features are really important to you. -- Peter Curran ...uunet!utai!lsuc!isgtec!peter isgtec!peter@censor A scientist generates new ideas. A good engineer makes things work with as few original ideas as possible. - Freeman Dyson ISG Technologies Inc. 3030 Orlando Dr. Mississauga, Ont. Canada L4V 1S8