Re: tlug: Corel to give away WordPerfect Linux edition

[Howard Abbey <habbey@example.com>]

John De Hoog wrote:
> Apparently Corel plans to give away its WordPerfect 8 (Linux) Personal
> Edition for private use starting in November.
> 
> It will be available from Corel's Linux Web site, which already has a page
> ready for the free download at http://linux.corel.com/download.htm .

Actually, it's a 'special' version.  It doesn't have many of the extras,
such as on-line help,  so it's continuing in their tradition of having 
WordPerfect be shareware, try before you buy.  However, it does sound as if 
this time the 'cripple-ware' version won't be nearly as crippled.  (Version 
7? refused to work after 14 days or so, requiring a reinstallation from the 
tar ball.)

For more / source info:
http://linux.corel.com/faq.htm#6

It will be interesting to see how slim this special version will be.  If
Corel has walked the line between usability and features right, they may
just get a lot of people hooked enough to buy the full version.

Speaking of which, has anybody seen the CD-Rom version for sale anywhere 
here in Tokyo?

-- 
Howard
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