RE: MS Vista and iSeries Access support

Hi Walden - the problem with that scenario is when you receive a
Wordperfect file that was created from the latest version of Wordperfect.
I'm betting dollars to donuts that the file will NOT be readable in
Wordperfect for DOS. (Watch me be wrong on that statement).
In that case what do you do? Go back to the sender of the Wordperfect file
and tell them that hey have to use Wordperfect for DOS to create this file
and see what response you get.



Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 11/14/2006 10:24:41 AM:

If they don't come out with new versions and force you to
upgrade they don't make money.

OK I'm staying away from the backwards compatibility issue, not because
I think it's true, but because I don't have time for a religious war,
but I can't let the above comment go.

In exactly what way are you FORCED to upgrade? I'm not aware of anything
in Windows or Office that comes along and says, "We're sorry, it's
January 2007, you must upgrade to Vista. Shutting down now..."

You upgrade because you want to, not because you _have_ to. I've not
tried it, but I'd bet good money I could load DOS 6.2 on my new Pentium
Cure Duo laptop, and kick up WordPerfect for DOS.

-Walden

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(Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

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