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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: WordPerfect for FreeBSD
Date: 9 Nov 1995 20:47:36 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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andrsn@Hoover.Stanford.EDU (Annelise Anderson) wrote:
] In article <47phhh$g59@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes:
] >andrsn@Hoover.Stanford.EDU (Annelise Anderson) wrote:
] >>
] >> I'm interested in whether WordPerfect can run on FreeBSD--perhaps
] >> the SUN OS version?
] >>
] >> Or some other comparable word processor.
] >
] >The Linux X11 version runs on FreeBSD if you load the Linux
] >compatability package.
]
] Good! The Linux compatability package is part of the standard
] FreeBSD distribution, i.e., it's on the CDROM, available by ftp,
] etc.?
Yes.
] I called Novell and talked to the WordPerfect/UNIX folks there--or
] rather to one woman who said WordPerfect was not available for
] "Lenox." Assuming it is, does it run well, in terms of using a
] FreeBSD setup for a bunch (50) of people who don't have other access
] to computer services (no PCs on their desks)? (That's 50 simultaneous
] log-ins, most of whom would be word-processing.)
It is available; you ought to contact Caldera (their http address
is http://www.caldera.com ),the home of former Novell employees
and an independent Linux shop.
As to whether it works: I don't know. I do all my word processing
in vi, or if it's too complex for vi, I use FrameMaker. 8-).
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.