When Java proved wholly unsuitable for the purpose, they piled up their markers on Linux.

A couple of years earlier, in an attempt to gain independence from Microsoft, Corel had announced it was moving all its programs onto the Java platform. The company had been sidelined in the word-processing business, because Microsoft had successfully leveraged the most out of its monopoly. Because the Linux versions available at the time weren't as user-friendly as they are today, Corel also figured that the average WordPerfect user needed a simpler Linux to run it on, so they decided to develop their own Linux version as well.īecause there was no decent word processing program for Linux at the time - at least not one capable of satisfactorily handling documents generated by Word, Microsoft's word processing software - the Linux community was in the main looking forward to the new WordPerfect, but people also thought there was a market for an easy-to-use Linux.Ĭorel, however, had an ulterior motive for its Linux adventure. In 1999, Corel went out on a limb with its own Linux distribution at the same time as it was launching Linux versions of its popular WordPerfect Office and CorelDraw software. Unfortunately, Corel is the warning example here, because it never really managed to fit in with the Linux crowd.

Corel, which is known for its graphics and office programs in Windows, once made a brief foray into the Linux world. Now, to turn the tables on the previous examples, we'll look at Corel, a company from the world of Windows that threw out a feeler into the world of Linux.

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