# Word beats Wordperfect in Windows 95!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 28, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211 "2014-04-28T20:17:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211/1 "2014-04-28T20:17:20Z")

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In other news, world did not end after Y2K.

[http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/04/court-declines-hear-microsoft-antitrust-case?et\_cid=3908875&et\_rid=281028400&type=headline](http://www.pddnet.com/news/2014/04/court-declines-hear-microsoft-antitrust-case?et_cid=3908875&et_rid=281028400&type=headline)

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211/2 "2014-04-28T20:24:03Z")

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Ah, but how did they compare under OS/2? Hmmm?

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211/3 "2014-04-28T21:21:15Z")

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Damn, and I was looking forward to a new, reinvigorated Novell.

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-beats-wordperfect-in-windows-95/687211/4 "2014-04-28T21:23:55Z")

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> The 10th Circuit ruled that Novell’s complaint came too late…

_Ya’ think?_