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Corel To Test WordPerfect For Linux
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."
Yeah but can it check your mail, manage your datebook, provide emotional support, evaluate elisp, surf the web, read Usenet and fix your car like Emacs can?
Keep the faith, share the code
Ha ha ha, real good one guys, is this idiot holiday OVER YET?
..and you obviously need Word Perfect for the spellchecker.
If WordPerfect Office uses XML, then most likely the formats will be well-documented, making it relatively easy to convert files from one format to another.
If Corel don't want this to happen, it'll use binary formats and not XML.
The IT section color scheme sucks.
This is just a stupid move, and someone at Corel should almost certainly be fired over it.
No. People don't get fired for reasons any more. They just get fired. Look at the Apprentice. The suffering and misfortune of the powerless is sport now. Televised sport.
Business isn't willing to pay for products, innovation and careers, so we get brands, mortgage commercials and layoffs.
For once something is happening on Linux just in the nick of time. WordPerfect is just starting to make its mark out there on the street. It should be in a position to give Microsoft a run for its money.
It also looks like Back to the Future Part II will be a big smash this weekend and OS/2 should revolutionize desktop computing.
Looks like the 90s are going to be almost as exciting as the 80s have been.
RP
And funny, don't forget funny.
Someday, I'll have a real sig.
"Make it fit." Many an undergraduate's paper has been stretched from seven to ten pages with that little gem, and it's so much more visually innocuous than the standard tack of big chunky margins and 14-point font.
I am Sartre of the Borg. Existence is futile.
Depending on the numbers used, Linux is equal or greater than Mac use.
Just a Tuna in the Sea of Life
Seems like the Microsoft money ran out, and they need to get a linux investment real quick now so Microsoft can pay 'em to drop it again. ;)
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WordPerfect will need a vi compatibility layer...
I thought April Fools day was over...
Viv
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