From:	Ralf Brown <no-junk AT lm DOT com> (ralf AT telerama DOT lm DOT com)
Newsgroups:	comp.graphics.packages.3dstudio,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject:	Re: FreeWin95 Project
Date:	16 Feb 1997 11:16:48 GMT
Organization:	Just me and my PC....
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In article <5dv6lu$g0f AT crc-news DOT doc DOT ca>, scott AT yarbus DOT dgbt DOT doc DOT ca (Scott Aitchison) wrote:
}Yeah, whatever.  Word for Windows jumped to v6 (there was no version 5) to sync
}up with WordPerfect, which was at 6 at the same time.  It was a psychological
}thing.  Most people would tend to buy a product with a higher version number.

More likely to sync with Word for DOS, which had both a 5.0 and a 5.5 version
between the releases of WinWord 2.x and 6.0.

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