Posts by David A. Smith

‘Microsoft tries to CTRL-W WordPerfect lawsuit again’

I have been a WordPerfect user since version 4.1 for DOS back in 1985 and I thought it was far superior over any other word processor back then. It was pretty easy to use and had a great spell checker and thesaurus plus excellent call up support. I think WordPerfect 6.2 for DOS was the BEST version of all incorporating WYSIWYG and extended key macro capability, which no word processor of today seems to have. I have used MS Word and found it awkward to use after using WordPerfect. The Delete key didn't erase from the right of the cursor like in WordPerfect among other things.

However, I think Microsoft has to understand that this is a big world we live in and they can't be the only software business in this word fulfilling every computer users needs. Just like GM can't be the only car manufacturing business in the world or the USA. Taking other businesses to court just because there product offers better features than yours is idiotic and really makes you look bad as a business man. With all the money that Microsoft now has, why don't they put it to good use and develop an Operating System that can actually manage memory without leaving memory holes behind, and resistant to viruses? There's so much that Microsoft could improve in there own products and yet they are always ready to take the other business to court over small matters that don't really matter. Microsoft has their own "High Performance" file system format, called NTFS, which no other operating system but Microsoft's can successfully write files to and yet no other business has took them to court over it. This doesn't make sense.

I say the court should drop this case and let Novel and Corel go about their own business with whatever they want to do with WordPerfect.

David Smith