Re: OT: Telus is dropping their news server.

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 25, 10:53=A0pm, Jim <alarmi...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Oct 25, 8:58=A0pm, Frank Kurz <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > The wife has used Word Perfect since the 5.1 and DOS days. =A0I just
> > loaded WP X-4 on her new computer. =A0She's not having any problems
> > opening the older files. =A0Quattro Pro and Presentations are both far
> > superior to Excel and Powerpoint.
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> > --
> > Frank Kurz
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> Back in the DOS days it used to be called something else but I forget
> what it was.

You may be thinking of WordStar which was made by an entirely
different company, they dropped the ball which allowed Word Perfect to
thrive which then dropped the ball and allowed Word to move in.