Xref: utzoo comp.unix.i386:51 comp.unix.xenix:7187 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!bbn!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ima!esegue!johnl From: johnl@esegue.uucp (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Microsoft Word & (SCO) Unix 3.2 Summary: obsolete Message-ID: <1989Aug17.221755.4312@esegue.uucp> Date: 17 Aug 89 22:17:55 GMT References:Reply-To: johnl@esegue.UUCP (John Levine) Organization: Segue Software, Cambridge MA Lines: 15 In article larry@UUCP (Larry Williamson) writes: >SCO markets a Xenix/Unix version of Microsoft Word. The >version is 3.0.4, (according to an SCO sales rep). How does >this version of MSWord compare with MSWord 5.0? Word 3.0 is a very obsolete version, several years old. I wouldn't get it. It's missing a lot of the nice new features like graphics import and a usable speller. Even though I prefer Word to Word Perfect, if I wanted a program for my Unix box I'd go with Word Perfect because the vendor acts a lot more like they're serious about supporting and maintaining it. -- John R. Levine, Segue Software, POB 349, Cambridge MA 02238, +1 617 492 3869 {ima|lotus}!esegue!johnl, johnl@ima.isc.com, Levine@YALE.something Massachusetts has 64 licensed drivers who are over 100 years old. -The Globe