Re: [TCLUG:2085] WordPerfect 8

[Tom Cross <tomc@kendeco.com>]

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Tim Wilson wrote:

> 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?

We use WP 7 for Linux here at work.  Since everyone has a X Terminal at
their desktop, they run WP7 on my Linux desktop machine and display it on
their X terminal. We were planning on upgrading to the server version, but
have decided to wait until version 8, and possibly Netwinders on the
desktop instead of X Terminals. 

The thing that server version would give someone is a manual, CD, and the
ability to run more than one copy on a machine.  Since the main
distribution of WP7 for Linux is web download, the manual and CD are nice
to have.  As far as I know, the only thing you can buy is the CD for
personal edition, no printed manual is available unless you buy the server
version.  

WP7 comes with a license daemon/server which makes sure there is only the
number of licensed copies running.  I think you can also set it up so that
everyone would have a local copy installed, but the license daemon would
make sure there were only the number of licensed copies running at one
time on all machines.

I was planning on buying a copy of WP8 for home use, but I might just save
my money and just download it...  

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