Scott Bronson wrote:
>
> I bought WP 7 and found it too buggy to use. It was not wasted money as
> it helps Corel to notice the Linux community (so I agree--thank you
> Corel!), but I am a little disappointed that they didn't offer an
> upgrade or anything.
>
> If you just want to whip out a letter, use LyX, AbiWord, Maxwell, etc.
> Writing a letter on Corel is like multiplying two numbers using
> Mathematica: it works, but it's much more than the right tool for the
> job. Corel is not open source and is clearly aimed at the business
> user.
>
> - Scott
>
> BTW, It's not really free. You must agree to the following when you
> download it: you get a 90 day trial period (complete with annoying
> little "your trial period will run out in xxx days" dialogs), then you
> must register it. To get online help, manuals (necessary for such a
> complex program!), etc. you must pay the $70.
Yeah, you are right. It is not open source, and when that
clumsy install program failed, I thought I was hit
with a virus.:-)
But when some novice-computer-user says
"hey can I write my uncle a letter on your box", wp8 comes
in handy. You can put a graphic, clipart, and text on a
single page, and print it, with about a 2 minute tutorial.
I'm not experienced with unix printing, and I find it
useful for doing 2-sided printing of small text files.
If someone asks you to setup their old 486 to be a word
processor, and dosn't want to spend a dime, nor learn anything,
you could throw redhat in , and wp8. I'm keeping it on
file, just for that reason.
It really isn't top notch, but it loads fast, is about
as easy to understand as word, and works OK, at least on my
machine. Of course Corel is going to make it "less polished"
than the "pay-for" version. No fonts, etc. But a "guest-user"
probably wouldn't even know what a font is, and you don't have to
explain what postscript is or ghostscript is.
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