Strangely enough Wordperfect still manages a few tricks that other software doesn't. Probably the reason Microsoft Word dominates is because of Visual Basic. In the corporate world you start with the requirements and when you have the requirements of a few thousand people to take into account even if only one or two of them need to be able to do complex things that require a database connection you end up needing VB.
PSP again if you know the product very well then you have a lot of time invested in it. Anything with a different interface means time must be spent in relearning and for us old fogies that's time wasted when we could be productive.
If you ever reach the ripe old age of 21 you might well start to take things into account that are not immediately obvious until then take life gently and try not to throw out the baby with the bath water.
Cheerio John
Actually, Kilrbe's comments are just gold, and do far more to detract from his position than strengthen it. I'm archiving this thread in case it does get deleted, because in decades of being on the internet, not to mention on BBS' and such, it's easily in the top 10 most absurd things ever posted anywhere.
I just loved the part about suing a defunct company. Just, well, er WOW.