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Corel Shuts Down Open Source Development Site

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-surprise-there dept.

evil_one writes: "The end is finally here for Corel, who released a Debian based linux distro a couple years ago (now owned by Xandros) Has announced that they are shutting down their Open Source Development web site as of March 1st. As many readers already know, Corel has helped the community on a huge scale, providing the Linux world with versions of Corel Draw and Corel WordPerfect. It's sad to see this, especially with the amount of work that Corel has put into Wine and their other projects, which include add-ons to KDE." Guess I can retire this topic icon ;)

2 of 193 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No, it's all because of no sales. by stud9920 · · Score: 0, Troll
    Linux users just don't by software (except me, who bought WordPerfect Office for Linux and Corel Draw for Linux during the brief moment when they were available, and use them every day).
    Well apparently it's spelling / grammar checker sucks.
  2. Helping the community by Ogerman · · Score: 1, Troll

    Corel has helped the community on a huge scale, providing the Linux world with versions of Corel Draw and Corel WordPerfect.

    Really? Where can I go download them? Where's the source code?

    I'm sick of these stupid comments. Proprietary software is NEVER 'helping the community.' It is purely seeking one's own self-interest. I'm not trying to make a moral case here. Just call things as they are, people.