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HP Drops Microsoft Word in Favor of WordPerfect

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the when-word-isn't-perfect dept.

nexex points to this Financial Times article, which says that HP has dropped Microsoft Word from the software lineup in the personal computers it sells to customers. From the article: "The move follows a decision last week by Dell Computer, the number two PC maker, to replace Microsoft software. Both companies said they would offer WordPerfect productivity software from Corel of Canada instead of Microsoft's Works, a scaled-down version of its top-selling Office software." Nexex writes:"I think it should be noted, MS Works does include the full version of Word."

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  1. Crap office suites. by saintlupus · · Score: 1, Troll

    Both companies said they would offer WordPerfect productivity software from Corel of Canada instead of Microsoft's Works, a scaled-down version of its top-selling Office software.

    Nice to see so much competition in the painfully crippled office suite space. What's next, Gateway selling machines with preinstalled copies of AppleWorks for Windows?

    Hey, maybe IBM will start packaging that Lotus SmartSuite again. That was a real winner.

    I think the part that disturbs me the most is this: I work at a college, and this means there's going to be that many more students running around with word processor documents that they can't print in our labs. Headaches, ahoy.

    --saint

  2. Re:WP is flat out better by coupland · · Score: 1, Troll

    a) I am a Canadian so nothing I say is biased, I wish WP was better.

    b) EVERYONE knows that WP code and (moreso) Corel is shit. They suck ass, always have and always will. Ass, totally... Even hinting otherwise makes you look like a dork.

    c) Unix, every version ever made Wow, WP came out before the 50's when Unix was invented? Your view of history is comical, keep it up...

  3. Re:WP was the standard... by Zeinfeld · · Score: 2, Troll
    Word is MS's crown jewel, but Word got where it is today buy stealing users from WP.

    Stole users you say comrade? What a despicable act of capitalism.

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  4. Smart move by motox · · Score: 0, Troll

    Corel is owned by Microsoft anyway.