Date   : Sat, 09 Jan 1988 10:48:14 PST
From   : secrist%msdoa1.DEC@decwrl.dec.com (Richard C. Secrist, KXO SWS)
Subject: Use of WordStar Upgrades to Size CP/M Market

       Some have called WordStar "everybody's second favorite editor"
       because it's one of those so-called de facto standards.  But
       most of the die-hard CP/Mers I know say they wouldn't give up
       good money for any version of it (at a local users group it's
       known as "TurdStar") but would be eager for a "vi" or "Emacs",
       or just about anything you can get the sources to - especially
       in C.

       When the Simtel20 CP/M archives were created it'd be interesting
       to know what they estimated the government usage at - perhaps
       it was in their justification documents or whatever...

       rcs