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Originally Posted by cellfish Corel is a good idea for a purchase, and they seriously need to be exclusive to one market because they seriously aren't cutting it on the PC. Corel is trying to move into the Linux 'market', but how much money can you seriously make with WordPerfect on a platform that gives OpenOffice away for free? |
The last time I used WordPerfect for Linux, It was such utter Crap, I immediately uninstalled it. For a background, I used to use WP Suite 7 and 8 in Windows, before Switching to Linux, and loved it. I hated having to use WinWord 6 or 95, since it didn't support "Reveal Codes" due to a design Flaw in the Word Document format.
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Originally Posted by cellfish Corel has decent graphics applications (Corel Painter being one of them) that OS X could use more frequent updates of and Corel Office is pretty darned good and it would be cool if that would be Apple's replacement for the (excuse the language) shitty Appleworks suite. Corel could sell its own PhotoPaint to replace Photoshop if ever Adobe decided that the Mac is no longer a profitable market. PhotoPaint isn't fantastic like Adobe's product, but it would definitely be a decent temporary alternative in a worst-case scenario. |
One of my Clients deals in Promotional Goods. Everyone on the Consumer Level of Graphic Design Professionals in that industry uses CorelDRAW and PHOTO-PAINT rather than Illustrator or Photoshop. At AU$600 for the Suite, rather than AU$1200 each, it's the obvious choice. They get AI's and PSD's from their Designers and email then to me to convert.
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Originally Posted by cellfish I think Apple users would embrace the purchase of Corel because Apple users love to root for the underdog in general. |
And Unlike Corel WP for Linux, Apple WordPerfect for Mac would be ported properly.