PG2 Question
Roger,
Perhaps you are correct that I made a presumptuous statement. It is
true that user's suggestions are considered when deciding upon future
enhancements.
However, since we have upgraded Proper Grammar to Proper Grammar II,
nearly every interested caller has said WordPerfect support doesn't
concern them. As a matter of fact, regarding removal of WordPerfect
support, I've heard more users make a praising comment than negative ones.
I, personally, am fairly certain that no future version of Proper
Grammar will contain WordPerfect support.
Also realize, as time goes on, "WordPerfect for the Amiga" market-
share is declining. I attribute this to the quality of the two leading
Amiga word processors, namely, SoftWood's Final Copy II and Hew Horizon's
ProWrite 3.3. Let's face it, a lot of us (including myself) were very
excited when WordPerfect opened their Amiga division. Most of that
original group was somewhat disappointed when it finally came out and
didn't look as good as we thought it could. However, most of us did use
it.
Now, in my humble opinion, there are better word processors available
for the Amiga. It's time for people to move up or they'll be left behind.
Compared to the incredible ease of use of today's Amiga word processors,
it's just not an efficient or productive decision to stay with an older
program. One more draw-back for WordPerfect users is the support. You
can call their 800 number and talk to one of the Macintosh representatives
that has a book on Amiga WordPerfect questions-and-answers. Include the
fact that WordPerfect may not be able to run on a future version of the
operating system, and you have a volatile situation handy.
It is _that_ kind of situation that explains my "not an efficient or
productive decision" statement. How much work would be done when a user
upgrades to (hypothetical) Workbench 6.2 and finds out that WordPerfect
doesn't work (gasp!). Now the user has to scramble to find a new word
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