Subject: RE: Solution, anybody?
From: David Edge (dedge@alaska.net)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2003 - 22:26:13 AKDT
I still use that version of WP on my SuSE 8.2 box. Originally
downloaded from Corel w/license key. I could try to get the whole
package to you - reply offline if you want to try it. Also, you'll need to
install the old libc (version 5) libs - about 200 mb worth.
David Edge
On 16 Sep 2003 at 19:03, Greg Madden wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 16:12, Stephen King wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, they specifically said they want to keep Word Smurfect, so
> > Open/Star office and AbiWord are non-solutions. As for the other
> > ones...Tim already suggested them off list but here are my concerns:
> >
> >
> > Stephen King writes:
> > > Hey, folks...got a very small company that wants to get away from
> > > the=20 'world according to Microsoft'. They've only got two
> > > computers in a=20 peer to peer situation. Both operators are able
> > > and willing to face a
> >
> > > Linux-sized learning curve. Unfortunately they're running Word=20
> > > Perfect for document creation (being a legal firm, this is a
> > > very=20 important thing for them) and Timeslips for hourly
> > > tracking and=20 billing. They're really hot on not wanting to
> > > lose those two
> > apps,
> > > but neither of the apps seems to be supported on Linux platforms.
> >
> >
> > Well, aside from the obvious Win4Lin and Wine solutions, you might
> > look at Open/Star office, or AbiWord (as part of Gnome-Office 1.0)
> >
>
> WordPerfect doesn't really exist for a corporate clients anymore, you
> can't buy it , except maybe ebay , which isn't a corporate solution.
> Corel does not support any of its Linux apps anymore, actually Corel
> has been bought by a venture capital company so who knows what will
> happen to Corel apps.
>
> All that said there is a WordPerfect version 8.1 that was created for
> Corel Linux , a Debian based distro. If you can find this Distro you
> will find the following packages,
>
> wp-full_8.1-12_i386.deb, wp-manual_8.1-3_i386.deb,fonts-16_1.0-5.deb,
> fonts-115_1.0-4.deb, fonts-69_1.0-4.deb.
>
> I run these packages on a Debian Woody system for compatibility with
> the WP world. This is the best version of WordPerfect for Linux
> produced. There may be some WP6 or 7 server versions for Unix in the
> wild, no support of course.
>
> I have switched to OO.org for my business. OO.org isn't s functional
> as
> WP and it has a completely different user experience.
>
> I also run Vmware with NT4 and WP8 & WP10 just because I already had
> the software before switching to Linux. Vmware is needed to run NT
> versions of Windows, but is expensive. This combo works the best, imo.
>
> I have all the Corel Linux WP8 stuff, if you wanted to try contacting
> Corel and asking if it was alright to use these packages, they were
> part of Deluxe version of Corel Linux, i.e. licensed software, I could
> post them to a server.
>
> --
> Greg Madden
> Precision Air Balance, Inc.
> Phone: 907-276-0461
> email: pabi@gci.net
>
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