On Tue, 7 May 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doc" <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
> > ApplixWare. AbiWord. WordPerfect 2000. Although right after MS
> > dropped about a quarter billion USD on Corel, Corel dropped Linux apps
> > like a hot rock. gnumeric. Midnight Commander (mc). gmc, the GUI
> > version of mc. StarOffice. LaTEX. Emacs.
> >
> They did WHAT??? Are you saying that MS bought up Corel?
NO. I'm saying MS bought OFF Corel. Corel was on the skids, MS put
about 250 million USD into the company, 2 months later Corel announced
that they were dropping their Linux app development. Prior to that,
both WordPerfect and Draw were out for Linux, besides Corel's own
distribution.
Doc
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 09:12:03 BST
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