The only application suite that's an alternative to, not a clone of, Microsoft Office—and the best suite for working with legacy files. WordPerfect Office doesn't change much with each new version, ...

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Long the underdog, WordPerfect has filled a niche and maintained a strong following over the years. The latest WordPerfect Office 11 offers more polish than useful new capabilities, but some may find ...

In a desperate bid for survival, longtime office software maker Corel has agreed to a takeover by its majority investor, Vector Capital, a move that could help keep classic software packages such as ...

In 2004, Novell sued Microsoft, claiming that the software giant had illegally engaged in anticompetitive practices, unfairly hurting the WordPerfect word processor and Quattro Pro spreadsheet in ...

A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as gay and became an L.G.B.T.Q. activist. By Michael S. Rosenwald Bruce Bastian, ...

The Justice Department, which challenged Microsoft Corp. in courtrooms for nearly a decade over antitrust violations, will pay more than $2 million each year to buy business software from Corel Corp., ...

Corel’s WordPerfect Office 11 and Microsoft’s Office 2003 are both still in beta testing, but the Canadian company announced this week that the flagship office productivity suite will make its public ...

It's mostly going to appeal to WordPerfect's long-standing legal, academic, and professional audiences, but Corel's Office suite is definitely worth a look if Word's peculiarities get on your nerves.

Corel will begin selling the new version of its WordPerfect office software Wednesday, but analysts don't expect the package to make much headway against Microsoft Office. As previously reported, ...

WordPerfect represents very good value for money for those looking for a cheaper Microsoft Office alternative. It has all the functions and features most people would be familiar with, plus some ...

Sony wants to split the difference when it comes to adopting competing software products from Microsoft and Corel. The Japanese company, which has emerged as the fastest growing major PC maker in the ...