Art Clemons >> "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 <snip> According to a study sponsored by the EU(?ECIS?), MS didn't document the Windows interface so that WP could use it. The document was very interesting. It was things I had all along but never had a strong enough desire to hunt down and document. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly Whip me, beat me, make me code in COBOL!! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
