But WordPerfect makes formatting a text much more transparent and consistent. I can find my way with, and it does the conversion between MS formats substantially better than my old X3. It can continue to be my killer app, and many others'. Why do I want it? Because I still believe WordPerfect is the superior word processor. What I want is: (1) a decent WP suite (text + spreadsheet + presentation) without frills, (2) straightforwardly installable on Linux (and why not on Mac or even Windows too), (3) preferably as an open-source community project like LibreOffice (see xavier's comment to Jay), or for any price up to GBP 75. I can see that WP is never going to be out for Linux along that route. But I feel it's too much tied to traditional commercial thinking: sum of investment minus revenue from sales totals profit. Nor am I looking for the DIY WP8 way, ending up with an old version not fit for current Linux levels, or the dodgy ways of running WP on Wine. I don't buy the classic answers, such as 'Corel does not support Linux' (that's an arbitrary statement, not an answer), or 'Customers don't ask for it' (we all know customers will not ask until you make them ask - that's called marketing). So now I am going to ask the question again that many, many users asked before: when will WordPerfect finally become available for Linux? But then my Windows days were definitely over. WP 4.3 was my killer app, back in 1988, and I have been a loyal WP user until X3, about five years ago.

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