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Corel To Test WordPerfect For Linux

Posted by simoniker on from the we-have-a-corel-icon dept.

prostoalex writes "CNET News says Corel will introduce a native Linux version of its WordPerfect Office product on April 15th . This will be a pilot project, as Corel executives want to find out whether it's worth competing with the other products (namely StarOffice and OpenOffice)." The piece mentions: "Corel previously produced a Linux-native version of WordPerfect 8, released in 1998, and offered a Linux-translated version of WordPerfect 9 in 2000, when Linux was still a cornerstone of the company's broader strategy."

3 of 426 comments (clear)

  1. wordperfect for DOS and DOSBox emu, thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    everyone knows any wordprocessor since the DOS days has just added bloat and instability

  2. Re:April Fool's Day was yesterday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    It's an ages-old troll you fucking moron, not an April Fool's joke. You know how long people have been posting that exact text? Forever.

  3. Re:Lets hope Corel doesn't screw this up. by online-shopper · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That's because most companies don't realize that once they have a port to Linux/x86, extending that to Linux/PPC should be a pretty trivial thing(especially if its an application and not a driver). If they had the foresight to opensource their games when the usefulness of them died(ala ID) then they would find that ports would pop up all over the place, and not only to Linux/ but to MacOS, and the BSDs