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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."

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  1. Management failure by dnoyeb · · Score: 0, Troll

    Probably this will be written in Russia soon with the rest of the B shelf software.

    5.1 was the best version ever, by concesus.

    This goes to show that programmers are more valuable than the programs they produce. And that the "India pipe dream" is ignorant.

  2. Statistics... by warrax_666 · · Score: 0, Troll
    In terms of sales, both Mac and Linux desktops are each 3-4% of the desktop market.


    Yeah, and 90% of all statistics are made up on the spot. Source please?
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    HAND.
  3. Re:Lets hope Corel doesn't screw this up. by thebes · · Score: 0, Troll

    depending on the numbers used, windows is inherently more secure than windows.

    43% of statistics are made up on the spot. Only 3 out of 10 numers you see are actually collected from a well designed study.

  4. Re:No kidding. by hesiod · · Score: 0, Troll

    > You're being serious?
    Yes.
    > Did your GIMP installation look anything like this?

    Holy crap, it looked nothing like that! Whenever I ran GIMP I just got one box with menus and a text box that showed the currently-running commands. Perhaps I'll have to try it out again.