RE: [TCLUG:2085] WordPerfect 8

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

the server version also comes in hard copy documentation, support, and
also a character mode binary.. (woowoo.. wp on a dumb terminal)

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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 "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Carl Patten wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Wilson [mailto:wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 1998 11:17 AM
> > To: Twin Cities Linux Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [TCLUG:2085] WordPerfect 8
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Jelly Donut wrote:
> >
> > > FYI, you can sign up to be notified when and where the [no-cost] version
> > > of WP8 for Linux comes out by putting your email in the box at
> > >
> > > https://livewire.corel.com/cfscripts/wplinuxprereg/
> > >
> > > .. and here I was, all set to actually buy it ! =)
> >
> > I heard that they're giving the personal version away, but selling the
> > server version. What would the server version do that the personal version
> > wouldn't. Wouldn't it work to nfs mount the directory that contains the wp
> > binary and run it that way from anywhere on your network? Does the server
> > version have features that are lacking in the personal version?
> 
> If their licensing is anything like it was for WP 5.1, the personal version
> is single-user only and the server version is multi-user, up to an
> unlimited-user license.  The server version probably includes management
> tools, but I'm just guessing on that.
> 
> NFS-mounting the WP directory might work, but if it is the single-user
> version I bet it'll complain about file locking.
> 
> Interesting tidbit of info - the older versions of Unix WP (5.0, 5.1) let
> people type in the number of licensed users and trusted that they were
> entering the right number.
> 
> --
> Carl Patten
> Systems Administrator
> Trimodal Inc.
> 
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