APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue May 7 11:30:33 2002

Gee ... that's interesting!

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc" <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor


> 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 - 11:30:33 BST