Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Defending ODF against OOXML in the UK

On 02/25/2014 07:21 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> I believe I read somewhere that it was the law firm that MS had hired 
> that was using WordPerfect.
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: James Knott
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 6:42 PM
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Defending ODF against OOXML in 
> the UK
>
> Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > A few years ago, most lawyers in the U.S. used WordPerfect, and they
> > really liked it. It had some features that were very suitable for the
> > law office. However, most of their corporate clients were using Word.
> > (Nobody ever got fired for buying Microsoft). Over time, law offices
> > began migrating to Word, not because they liked the program better,
> > but because they needed file compatibility with their clients. Now,
> > WordPerfect is all but an afterthought.
>
> After one of one of the anti-trust cases, Microsoft received a large
> document in WP format.  They had to go out and buy a copy of Word
> Perfect, to read that document.  ;-)
I love it!  I still use WordPerfect on occasion. It has some features 
that are
not duplicated anywhere else, as far as I know, and it is somewhat more 
user-friendly
than OO and LO. (Sorry, LInux guys!) I actually use OO and LO, but when 
I really
need to get down and dirty, WP is the place to be.

--doug

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