> "Ubiquitous" maybe, but "popular" I think not. Pushing software down > people's throats is no way to win a popularity contest.
I remember WordPerfect and WordStar being the dominant word processors, with Lotus and MS being real also rans. WordPerfect at the time was a much better choice for most folks who wanted a word processor. Word became ubiquitous and now is popular, it didn't win because it was a better choice, it won because it was available and WP just couldn't ever quite compete in Windows for whatever reasons. To this day, the concept of <Reveal Codes> in Word is a difficult one to implement, yet anyone who ever had to look for why something didn't print right in WordPerfect or a document didn't format correctly knows why it should have been. Whether it's shoved down the users throats or just get used by programmers is irrelevant, it's the results and note I don't normally use Windows either, haven't for quite some time despite all of the hassles associated with not doing so. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
