[CLUE-Talk] WordPerfect for Linux is back --- more or less

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 04-29 13:03, BOF wrote:
> Corel has decided to "update" WP for Linux. According to the below 
> article, what has been done is to take WP8 for Linux and bug fix it. It 
> still is not as easy to use and lacks many of the features as WP for 
> Windows and is still not a ready-for-prime-time product.
> 
> And now for the very, very clever part: Corel is marketing this as a 
> "Proof of Concept" in which the user gets to buy WP for only $29.95 + 
> $6.00 S/H. Supposedly the number of suckers, Oops, Sorry!, buyers, will 
> then determine if Corel goes on to develop a full-blown product.
> 
> So, in essence, the user is paying for a Beta-quality product. This is a 
> degree of chutzpah that even MS has not yet achieved (although there are 
> those who state that every product that MS produces is Beta-quality, but 
> I, myself, would not be so unkind --- it's more like Alpha).

LOL. Ever heard of the MSDN Universal Subscription? They include "free",
i.e., included, preview versions of products. That subscription ain't cheap.
Multiply that 29.95 by roughly 100x:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NGPB/ 

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