[rescue] WordPerfect for Unix (was: SMC blows...)

Eric Webb ttlchaos at randomc.com
Sun Feb 16 14:33:54 CST 2003


On Sunday 16 February 2003 03:22 pm, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
> >
> > I thought WP was recompiled as Java or something to make it
> > cross-platform?
>
> You can't just recompile as Java.  You have to completely rewrite.
> Which they were doing, and seemed to have it mostly done, based on the
> demo.  But they scratched the project

Bah, symantecs.  You knew what I meant.

I had heard of the effort, but lost track of it after that.  I guess I know 
why now.

-E.


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