A few creative options for working without Word Sep 3, 2009
Many folks have fond memories of WordPerfect, which they consider superior to Word. But they are memories could WordPerfect rise again. (FCW.com)
Microsoft ruling fires up the haters Aug 25, 2009
As Keninmo wrote, If you don't like Microsoft, don't buy it, simple, go buy WordPerfect. -) Nobody forces a person to buy MS Office, and you are perfectly free to reformat your hard drive and install a non-Windows OS.. (FCW.com)
A short history of journalism’s future Aug 25, 2009
First, not that many people owned PCs, and those who did were mainly running VisiCalc, WordPerfect, and Lotus 1-2-3 on them. For the average consumer, the Internet didn t exist. (Boston Globe)
Imagine a world without Word Aug 21, 2009
Corel s WordPerfect Office X4 Features: Works with Microsoft Office files including Word document files ... WordPerfect s Reveal Codes feature lets users view and change formatting; special features for legal work, including custom pleading formats ... Google Docs, Sun Microsystems StarOffice and OpenOffice, and Corels WordPerfect offer similar functionality to Microsoft Office products. (FCW.com)
Microsoft ordered to stop selling Word Aug 14, 2009
Go buy Wordperfect :-) Nobody forces a person to buy MS Office, and you are perfectly free to reformat your hard drive and install a non-Window OS. So what do you want -- take half of Microsoft's money to pay for somebody else to write an OS and Office product on the premise of "fairness". Why not -- we're doing just that for cars, insurance, banks, credit cards, mortgages, health care, so just pile computer OS and document software on top. (FCW.com)
Lessons for Startups in the Deal Jul 30, 2009
Microsoft's deep dive into word processors and spreadsheets was the clear sign to WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 that this was a space worth fighting for. Microsoft's massive investment into video games, mobile operating systems, and search are clear indications that Sony's PlayStation (), Google's Android, the iPhone, Google, and Yahoo are very important products and companies. (BusinessWeek)
Editor's notes: Geometric progression May 24, 2009
I bought a Hyundai computer with two floppy disks and 256K of RAM. I got Wordperfect 5 ... I continued to run Wordperfect 5. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Corel executives take 10 per cent pay cut Apr 3, 2009
Corel's products include Corel Draw and other software for creating and distributing graphics, the WinDVD software for running videos on computers, the WordPerfect office productivity line and WinZip, for compressing computer files. Its shares fell seven cents or 3. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Quarter century of Word Mar 10, 2009
Software such as WordStar and WordPerfect were character based (DOS) programs that already existed at that time. Word, however, was the first graphical user interface processor and fully utilised the mouse highly unusual at that time. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Environmental Approach to Electroni... Feb 18, 2009
A "WasteWise Update" from the U.S. EPA entitled Electronics Reuse and Recycling , issued in Oct 2000 says Due to copyright issues, operating systems such as WordPerfect or Microsoft Windows are often removed from computers prior to donation. Many schools and nonprofit organizations do not have the resources to purchase new software. (Suite101.com)
Unite! It's time to reclaim control over our computers Feb 16, 2009
I installed WordPerfect Office - a competitor to Microsoft Office - the other day and found that, without asking, it tried to take over handling document files without asking first. In other words, suddenly all the file I thought would be handled by Microsoft Word would suddenly open with WordPerfect. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
