Re: Review - WordPerfect IIgs

[shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca (Tim Shoppa)]

In article <5e2i13$1o1e@uni.library.ucla.edu>,
 <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:
>>In article <5e2d69$1s82@uni.library.ucla.edu>,
>> <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>>>So far, we've only got mixed replies trying to get confirmation from
>>>Corel.  When they get back to us (Bruce Maples, myself, and everyone
>>>else who are bombarding them) with a statement that we can archive
>>>together with the program, it will be uploaded to the regular ftp
>>>sites and the binaries.  :)
>>
>>   Tip: read all of csa2 before posting, and hopefully you have a news
>>server with article latencies under 12 hours. Turley posted yesterday
>>that his earlier statements were (not unsurprisingly) wrong,
>>Wordperfect is *still* copyrighted and not public domain.
>>
>>   Turley and the truth are rarely found together to begin with.
>
>Usenet works in strange ways.  I'm seeing your reply and the one from
>Washington Apple Pi before Dr. T's.
>
>Of course I won't upload it when it is still freeware, but I'm going
>to try to track down "Quality Software."  The web search engines are
>no help.  Any hints on making them look for ONLY "Quality Software"
>instead of everything with the words "Quality Software" in them?

Quality Software is the outfit that brought us such gems as
"Beneath Apple DOS" (Worth/Lechner) and "Bag of Tricks".  My
copy of "Beneath Apple DOS" says "Quality Software, Reseda, CA, 1981".

The Byte Works (see, e.g. http://hypermall.com/byteworks/bwad.html)
now sells the books that Quality Software printed.  I would've
guess that if they also had the rights to Wordperfect, that they'd
be selling it, but that's just speculation on my part.

Tim. (shoppa@triumf.ca)