Linux and Main: Hancom Cancels "Professional" Edition of Office Suite

"HancomLinux, Inc., the South Korean company that has marketed a suite of office applications with moderate success, has canceled the 'Professional' edition of its long-awaited Hancom Office 2.0.

"Those who paid in advance for the 'Professional' edition will be offered refunds, according to the company, which is expected to make a formal announcement that Hancom Office Professional has been dropped.

"The decision not to ship the more elaborate edition of the several-months-overdue product comes as Hancom breaks its ties with theKompany.com, with which it had been involved in a sometimes contentious association since last August. Shawn Gordon, president of theKompany.com, had served as CEO of Hancom USA, a position he is expected to relinquish..."

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