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Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by tecklenburg »

kup0 wrote: post #78
themodelplumber wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Serif products (Affinity) have been on a roll, last I checked.

I switched to Affinity and never looked back at Photoshop/Illustrator. That being said, I used them at a hobbyist level, nothing very complex, so while it was an easy transition for me, it may not be for everyone. But I've seen quite a few people state they have moved off of Adobe products over to Serif. I've been very happy with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer.

They now just released Affinity Publisher in Beta as a replacement for Adobe InDesign. Already using it and very pleased!

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by aasasd »

njarboe wrote: post #90
aasasd wrote: post #87

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> stock at $6 and popping to $32 on the Linux hype These words don't sound right.

Hard to believe, but true. Wish I had a chart of the Corel stock price but from Wikipedia[1]: "Corel Linux, also called Corel LinuxOS, was a Debian-based operating system made by Corel that began beta testing on September 21, 1999[1] and was released to the public on November 15, 1999." ... "Corel later discontinued the distribution, but did not remove the former Corel Open Source Development website until March 2002…

I've heard about the distro, but not a reason why it existed or why anybody would buy it. Apparently, it was marketed for desktop use, which I guess wasn't yet universally seen as ridiculous in '99.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by justinclift »

petepete wrote: post #34
mistrial9 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

citations?

Yes, WordPerfect has supported them for many years. https://support.corel.com/hc/en-us/articles/215963808-How-to...

That's not even slightly a credible citation for usage/popularity stats. :/

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by nineteen999 »

qubex wrote: post #17
paul_milovanov wrote: post #2

Corel still exists?! Good for them!

One of the first Linux distributions I tried (after the venerable Slackware) was the short-lived Corel Linux way back in 1999 or thereabouts.

About that time every company and its dog was trying to push in the commercial Linux distribution space, trying to get a piece of the sweet pie that Redhat was eating.

They were also bundling/selling Wordperfect Office for Linux at that time, since the only real competitor on Linux was StarOffice which later purchased by Sun and open sourced - and later because of the acquisition by Oracle, was forked into LibreOffice. Hard to believe that was all nearly 20 years ago now.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by paulie_a »

tambourine_man wrote: post #48

Corel seems to be one of those places where software goes to die. Almost like Yahoo, but withering, instead of going with a bang. With Oracle at the realm of VirtualBox and now this, it’s not a pretty landscape. I hope I’m wrong though.

I'm surprised Oracle has kept virtual box going this long, but with the licensing and aggressive behavior they seem to be doing their best to kill it.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by Krasnol »

joejerryronnie wrote: post #21
paul_milovanov wrote: post #2

Corel still exists?! Good for them!

I just used my CompuServe internet account to look up this story.

I loved CS. I had a tool that generated personal data for their trial accounts for most of my pre-flatrate dial-up internet time.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by donarb »

codazoda wrote: post #89
bartread wrote: post #79

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Yeah, but Windows built-in ZIP support still blows a number of goats, which is why I use 7zip... and the latter is the real reason I'm gobsmacked that Winzip is still around. 7zip's not as pretty but it does support every archive format I've ever used or needed. EDIT: Even more shocking: they own both WordPerfect and Quattro Pro both of which are, apparently, still around. Absolutely stunned.

WordPerfect use to be favored my lawyers. This is a group that tends to stick to their tools. I dunno if their still using it but that's probably a pretty nice niche.

I recall reading that the reason it was (is) favored by lawyers was because WordPerfect did more accurate word counts in documents than Microsoft Word did. When lawyers submit briefs to some courts they have restrictions as to the maximum number of words contained in the document. Microsoft Word did things like count page numbers as words, thereby inflating the word count and reducing the number of actual words that could be in the document.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by bambax »

kup0 wrote: post #78
themodelplumber wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Serif products (Affinity) have been on a roll, last I checked.

I switched to Affinity and never looked back at Photoshop/Illustrator. That being said, I used them at a hobbyist level, nothing very complex, so while it was an easy transition for me, it may not be for everyone. But I've seen quite a few people state they have moved off of Adobe products over to Serif. I've been very happy with Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer.

Affinity products are fine and fast and stable, but there are many things they don't do. Tracing for example: Corel Draw does tracing beautifully.

Re: Corel confirms it has acquired virtualization specialist Parallels

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Post by cstejerean »

mikestew wrote: post #84
astrodust wrote: post #73

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It's where programs go to die. Corel today is what Computer Associates was twenty years ago.

Took the words right out of my stdin. Had I not caught your comment out of the corner of my eye, I was about to post word-for-word the same. It worked for CA for a while, and then...it didn't? I'd have to go look up what happened to them, because they one day just weren't on my radar anymore.

The renamed themselves to CA Technologies and were bought by Broadcom recently for $18B.
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