Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    This looks very similar to the educational offer they made a while
    ago.  I suspect they are about to drop their price, and want to
    get all the mileage they can out of it.
    
    I suspect this was written by a sales or marketing person at
    WordPerfect.  Here is my evidence: 
    
    	1) it uses "xerox" as an adjective, without attribution.  Thus,
    	   it must not have been reviewed by their Legal department.
    	   (Or they have the cheapest lawyer in Orem.)
        2) In the next to last line, it uses "employers" instead of
           "employer's".  Thus the author was not a professional writer.
    	   Even the Orem public school system does not countenance such
           errors.
        3) It praises version 5.0 for its integration of text and graphics
           but doesn't say which machines it runs on.  The author
           apparently feels that the IBM PC is the default system. 
           The product development people at WordPerfect obviously don't
           believe that, or they would not have produced the versions
           for the other systems.
    
    When you eliminate the legal people, the professional writers and
    the prople involved with product development, all you have left
    is sales and marketing, Q.E.D.
        John Sauter

    
    WordPerfect's educational prices exist across the board all the
    time.  The Bentley college software store (Waltham) carries most of
    these at the educational prices for students (no amiga but I believe
    they can give you a form to order).  These do look like the same prices.
    
    - steve
    
    BTW One of the support people on the WP phone line said they are working
    on a newer version for Amiga WP which will support graphics.  Must
    be V5.0.  No other details.

WordPerfect 5.0??  Great, but has anyone heard when it should be out?  My
wife was going to take advantage of the student discount and purchase it
this summer.  Should we wait for 5.0?  About how expensive does WP make
their new versions?

							Thanks,
	
							...richard

    AMIGA WORLD HAS AN ADD FOR EXCELLANCE W.P. SOFTWARE  SUPPOSEDLY
    IT IS CREATED FOR AMIGA ON AN AMIGA SO I'M NOT TOTALY READY TO SHELL
    OUT MY HARD EARNED PAYCHECKS FOR WORD PERFECT YET.

    Excellence! has received rave reviews on Plink.  It supposedly does
    every conceivable function.
    
    WP Corp has hired Mike Scalora (SCARY) one of the more outspoken
    Ami fanatics from USENET.  Mike is working, of course, on Amiga
    versions of WP.  Mike is available on PLINK (ID=WPCORP) to answer
    questions.  Of course, WP corp has excellent customer support phone
    lines.
    
    Ed.

    Re: .1
    
    ***** FLAME ON *****
    
    Your half-baked logic has the following underlying assumptions:
    
    	 ONLY sales and marketing people (by the way, note the correct
    spelling of "people") universally and uniformly share the following 
    characteristics: 1) they don't understand the significance or 
    ramifications of using a trademark without attribution, 2) they 
    don't recognize the difference between the plural form of a noun 
    and the use of an apostrophe to make a noun a possessive adjective, 
    and 3) they are out-of-touch with the market scope and direction for 
    their company's products.
    
    Your third point also assumes that "product development people"
    are the ones who ultimately decide which machines on the market 
    will recieve the funding and resources to develop, market and 
    support a version of Word Perfect. Everyone else is unconcerned
    and/or uninformed.
    
    Both these assumptions are parochial claptrap.  I was surprised
    you didn't put a :^) after your note.  You can't be serious.  This
    is a terrifically helpful and enjoyable conference.  Why don't you
    put any other "informed observations" like that on paper and file
    them in your desk.
    
    Thanks.
    
    **** FLAME OFF ****

    re: .6--sorry about the typo in "people".
        John Sauter

I've received additional data from WordPerfect Corp. which points to one error
in what I stated in -.0.  I said there that I believed that, except for noted 
exceptions,  all other WordPerfect products ran only in the PC-DOS environment.
That appears to be correct with one exception described here.  I apologize for
the error, however, WordPerfect's own statements led me to the erroneous
conclusion.

The information I've received from WordPerfect about their other products, says
in part:

      "A version of WordPerfect Library is also available for the Amiga
        500, 1000, and 2000 computers."

It describes WordPerfect Library as:

      "...a desktop integration and utility program...Included in Library
        are six integrated programs that are fully compatible with other
        WordPerfect Corporation products.  All programs remain memory-
        resident under a 'Shell' program manager, which allows the user to
        switch programs rapidly and to share data easily.
    
      * The Calculator features an on-screen tape display whose contents
        can be copied to another program or printed.
    
      * The Calendar is designed to help organize and keep track of time
        schedules.
    
      * With the File Manager, the user can easily create, display, delete,
        and print file and directories.
    
      * The Notebook helps organize information and records in single lines
        or index card format.
    
      * The Program Editor is an easy-to-use, yet powerful tool for
        creating and editing almost any type of file, including text
        (ASCII), batch, and program files.
    
      * The Macro Editor lets the user create and edit macros for all
        WordPerfect Corporation products."

-Bill Cordner
    

    WordPerfect Corporation is making the following offer to employees
    of computer-related hardware manufactures. Thats us thanks to the
    VAXMATE!
    
                      		RETAIL PRICE		YOUR PRICE
    WordPerfect 5.0		   $495.00		 $135.00
    WordPerfect 4.2		   $435.00		 $125.00
    PlanPerfect 3.0		   $395.00		  $99.00
    DataPerfect 2.0		   $595.00		 $150.00
    WordPerfect Library		   $129.00		  $51.00
    WordPerfect Executive	   $249.00		  $79.00
    WP Macintosh 1.0		   $395.00		  $99.00
    WP Amiga & WP Atari		   $395.00		  $99.00
    WP Apple IIe/IIc 1.1	   $179.00		  $59.00
    WP Apple IIgs 2.0		   $179.00		  $59.00
    
    To get a copy of the order form call me at the employee purchase
    program 800-235-0505 i'll be glad to send you one.
    
    Sincerly,
    Bill Riley DEPP