Yes sir, I remember the UPS guy delivering my first computer (386), and as he brought it into my office, I joked at him and said bring it back, It's already obsolete. (The 486's) were just being advertised. Yep two thousand dollars for that sucker. DOS 5 software and all.
Not wanting to throw gasoline into the fire, but am I the only moron that when interfacing with someone who uses word, I just save the document in a RTF. (Rich Text Format.) Works for me. Just saying.
I'm using my WordPerfect version7 from the early 90's{?,} if I recall. I'm now 2017, running windows 7, 64 bit, some minor problems (no address book) other wise good still to go. For what it's worth during a 10 year period of civil court arguments, my associate during this time used word, I got to use it also, not impressed.
I agree, RTF works great for a universal Doc format. And PDF for non-editable Docs, what’s more universal than that?