larry@focsys.uucp (Larry Williamson) (07/04/90)
Of course, the question "which is better" is silly. So instead, what are your opinions of each? What if most users are using dumb ascii terminals (ie. no an Alt key, no mouse)? What is the lasted prediction on the delivery date of WP 5.x? Are they reliable on Interactive's 386/ix? (2.0.2 & 2.2) Are versions available for non 386 versions of Unix (ie. Mips workstations, Sony workstations, Sun workstations etc). Any comments? Post if you prefer, I'll summarize any e-mail I receive. -larry
paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater) (07/06/90)
In article <LARRY.90Jul3171755@focsys.uucp> larry@focsys.uucp (Larry Williamson) writes: > >Of course, the question "which is better" is silly. > >So instead, what are your opinions of each? Well, we use Quadratron's CLIQ product. It's far more than just a WP package, and is IMHO just as good as WP and MSW. It supports all sorts of nice REAL UNIX stuff like job control (the ability to suspend WP sessions to do other things, like use the message pad, phone book, calendar, e-mail etc), and it's around the same price! This is a very cost effective solution. It runs very nicely on our ISC 2.02. -- Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.co.nz
rg@psgdc (Dick Gill) (07/09/90)
In article <LARRY.90Jul3171755@focsys.uucp> larry@focsys.uucp (Larry Williamson) writes: > ... >So instead, what are your opinions of each? > We have been using Wordperfect 4.2 on our NCR Tower 600 for almost a year and have several clients using the same configuration. Performance seems fine and we regularly exchange files with PC's. As to the intrinsic value of the product, we sell to law firms and they have already determined that Wordperfect is the de facto word processing standard in that industry; as much as I resist the "herd" instinct, I have found it to be a fine software product. >What if most users are using dumb ascii terminals (ie. no an Alt >key, no mouse)? > We mostly use Wyse-60's (I use a Wyse-150 @19200) at 9600 although we do have some Wyse-50's (not so good because of no "hidden attributes"). The lack of a mouse is no problem, but the two keystrokes needed for a function key makes it a bit tricky to jump from the Unix Wordperfect to the PC version. >What is the lasted prediction on the delivery date of WP 5.x? > After early bad reports about WP 5.0 on Xenix, Wordperfect now says that it works fine; based on that we are installing it on a client's '386 machine next week. (I have found the Wordperfect organization to be particularly honest and reliable!) >Are they reliable on Interactive's 386/ix? (2.0.2 & 2.2) Don't know. > >Are versions available for non 386 versions of Unix (ie. Mips >workstations, Sony workstations, Sun workstations etc). Yes, but I don't have the list at hand. Check with Wordperfect or e-mail to me with details. > >Any comments? I'm interested in the experience of others and hope that we can use this as a forum for discussion of our impressions and experiences. > >Post if you prefer, I'll summarize any e-mail I receive. > >-larry -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dick Gill Professional Solutions Group (703)761-1163 ..uunet!psgdc!rg