26th January 2003, 1:30 AM
You think Word is inferior ? Strangely, I don't like the MS monopoly too much because it makes everything needlessly expensive compared to back when there was competition, BUT MS actually made Word a well put together peice of software.
Back in the days of Office productivity software wars in 1980s-1995, the leading word processor was Lotus Ami Pro... way more features than either of Word or Wordperfect, and very well integrated. Wordperfect kicked MS Word's arse, but coming into 1995 and the coming of Windows 95, Word suddenly made an about face. Taking every single feature present in other competiting products, and putting them together in one peice of software and adding tons of ergonomical features, theres a reason why people now favor Word as the international document standard and why Claris and Lotus have all but disappeared from the maket.
I find myself that the last version of Word Perfect I used, was incredibly clumsy and not very ergonomic and well integrated into Windows in comparison to Lotus Word Pro and bar a far cry, MS Word.
Back in the days of Office productivity software wars in 1980s-1995, the leading word processor was Lotus Ami Pro... way more features than either of Word or Wordperfect, and very well integrated. Wordperfect kicked MS Word's arse, but coming into 1995 and the coming of Windows 95, Word suddenly made an about face. Taking every single feature present in other competiting products, and putting them together in one peice of software and adding tons of ergonomical features, theres a reason why people now favor Word as the international document standard and why Claris and Lotus have all but disappeared from the maket.
I find myself that the last version of Word Perfect I used, was incredibly clumsy and not very ergonomic and well integrated into Windows in comparison to Lotus Word Pro and bar a far cry, MS Word.