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PG2 Question

    27-Jan-93 12:34:33
Sb: #49887-PG2 Question
Fm: Roger F. Becker 71426,1053
To: SoftWood 75300,670
Ric: With all due respect, that's got to be the stupidest position I've ever heard a software publisher take with regard to a user's suggestion. By your comment, 'dropping WordPerfect is a decision that has already been made,' do you mean to say that once a decision is made at SoftWood, no further discussion on the subject is allowed? That's a curious stance – I don't think it would work in my company. It appears to me that the software publishing industry is quite dynamic and company policy would be MOSTLY dictated by end-user feedback. And since when does your role as productivity software manufacturer extend to 'encouraging' customers to abandon products that fulfill their needs and have stood the test of time much longer than Final Copy? The truth is, my company uses Amigas exclusively. Some of us prefer FCII (I do – I no longer have WordPerfect installed at my desk), but many people here rely HEAVILY on WP 4.1 and will forgo PG for the hassle of using it with WP files. Roger