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Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by dmix »

zantana wrote: post #39
paul_milovanov wrote: post #2

Corel still exists?! Good for them!

I was always surprised their model of selling their older versions at a reduced rate (e.g. latest version $199, next older $100, one before that $49) never took off. They always seemed so scrappy back in the 90s with their giant boxes and included libraries of clip art. One of the more novelty twitter accounts I found recently posts images from one of their 10,000 item collections: https://twitter.com/clipart1994bot

Ha they even included a clip art of L Ron Hubbard [1]?

I'm really curious who drew all of these pieces. 10k images is a ton of work...

[1] https://twitter.com/Clipart1994bot/status/107548368574555750...

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by mattkrause »

footpath wrote: post #74
raverbashing wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suppose Corel Draw is still popular, even though it's not the favourite of most graphical artists/designers.

Corel Painter has its niche among digital artists - it's still one of the higher end digital painting programs that simulates real life mediums (acrylic, oil, watercolor) remarkably well. There's really no iPad equivalent to Corel Painter, but Corel registered the procreate.com domain to redirect to their Painter product page (Procreate (procreate.art) by the Australian company Savage is one of the strongest digital…

They really named it Procreate?! (Yes)

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by ungzd »

tlrobinson wrote: post #80
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bigger surprise to me is that they not only exist, but have the money to buy Parallels.

I don't much about private equity, but Corel is owned by Vector Capital, so maybe they're providing the money? https://www.vectorcapital.com/investments/case-study/corel

Do Vector Capital specialize on Vector Graphics software companies?

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by allannienhuis »

mortenjorck wrote: post #19
raverbashing wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I suppose Corel Draw is still popular, even though it's not the favourite of most graphical artists/designers.

I used Corel Draw back when I worked at a T-shirt and jersey shop in college, and frequently used it to drive a vinyl cutter for jersey numbers and other decoration. From anecdotes I’ve read since then, it appears the software is still the preferred choice in custom apparel, signage, and vehicle livery shops because it interfaces well with the cutting machines those industries use.

yes, Corel Draw was the #1 choice among the sign shops I worked at. Almost every vinyl cutter or large-format digital printer supported Corel export formats really well. I spent years working with it daily - it was pretty solid, and had an amazing amount of features & flexibility.

It was also expensive and so pirated a LOT.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by ungzd »

dmix wrote: post #101
zantana wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was always surprised their model of selling their older versions at a reduced rate (e.g. latest version $199, next older $100, one before that $49) never took off. They always seemed so scrappy back in the 90s with their giant boxes and included libraries of clip art. One of the more novelty twitter accounts I found recently posts images from one of their 10,000 item collections: https://twitter.com/clipart1994bot

Ha they even included a clip art of L Ron Hubbard [1]? I'm really curious who drew all of these pieces. 10k images is a ton of work... [1] https://twitter.com/Clipart1994bot/status/107548368574555750...

I think these images were made by few artists, because the style is very distinct and recognizable. I still encounter these clipart pics on signs of crappy cafes and shops. Made of plotter-cut adhesive film, these pics look gorgeous.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by FigBug »

zantana wrote: post #39
paul_milovanov wrote: post #2

Corel still exists?! Good for them!

I was always surprised their model of selling their older versions at a reduced rate (e.g. latest version $199, next older $100, one before that $49) never took off. They always seemed so scrappy back in the 90s with their giant boxes and included libraries of clip art. One of the more novelty twitter accounts I found recently posts images from one of their 10,000 item collections: https://twitter.com/clipart1994bot

The company I currently work for does something similar. Latest version costs money, previous version gets given away with hardware, and version before that is free.

However, we are going to transition to latest version costs money and two feature set reduced versions gets given with hardware and free.

Having 3 versions to support is too much overhead for a small company. And giving away old versions of our products with issues that we know we've solved gives a bad image of our software to new users we are trying to up-sell to the latest version.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by chrisseaton »

qubex wrote: post #59
callinyouin wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I installed Corel Linux on the family computer when I was 13. It was my first Linux distribution. Someone from school got the disc out of a magazine if I remember correctly. I couldn't get the modem to work and the installer didn't add a boot option for the Windows 98 partition (LILO bootloader), so my family was understandably pretty pissed off. I ended up figuring out how to restore the Windows MBR, and eventually…

Probably you had one of those ‘winmodem’ monstrosities that were prevalent at the time. I experienced similar problems.

There's nothing inherently wrong with a software modem. It's just a different way of implementing the hardware. Some software modems were effectively programmable DSPs, almost like a software defined radio for a wired connection.

I doubt they ever claimed Linux driver support so it's not their fault people weren't able to get them working.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by ams6110 »

java-man wrote: post #85
mikekchar wrote: post #69

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The issue was (and probably still is) that MS Word paginates footnotes improperly. They can't change it because it will break backwards compatibility. This handed the legal market to WP. And because you can't reliably import/export the documents and get pagination to work, you often have legal firms using Word to do the initial preparation and then hand it over to a legal secretary to type the whole thing into WP --…

talk about efficiency

All billable hours.... what's not to like?

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by user5994461 »

FigBug wrote: post #106
zantana wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was always surprised their model of selling their older versions at a reduced rate (e.g. latest version $199, next older $100, one before that $49) never took off. They always seemed so scrappy back in the 90s with their giant boxes and included libraries of clip art. One of the more novelty twitter accounts I found recently posts images from one of their 10,000 item collections: https://twitter.com/clipart1994bot

The company I currently work for does something similar. Latest version costs money, previous version gets given away with hardware, and version before that is free. However, we are going to transition to latest version costs money and two feature set reduced versions gets given with hardware and free. Having 3 versions to support is too much overhead for a small company. And giving away old versions of our products…

What's the rationale behind the current model?

From a business perspective, the older versions are used by older or larger companies that couldn't or didn't want to upgrade, they have money to shell out and should be charged more.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by sodosopa »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #15
paul_milovanov wrote: post #2

Corel still exists?! Good for them!

The bigger surprise to me is that they not only exist, but have the money to buy Parallels.

I'm kinda shocked they both exist. Both were good products back in the day, but in 2018? Come on.
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