Originally posted here by Striek
Wordperfect used to have a 40% market share I think also. That was until Windows began shipping with Word, anyway.
While I agree with your reasoning, I have to pick up on this. Windows does not ship with Word. Office does. It was the Office suite that killed WP - the idea of selling one integrated ( almost ) package to cover all of your needs. WP could not immediately compete, and was always playing catchup from then onwards.

As always, the triumph of marketing over technology.