"Corel WordPerfect 9 for Linux comes with everything you would find in the equivalent product for
Windows, including support for exporting PDFs. The HTML editor included is very mature as far as
HTML editors under Linux go, and this version does not suffer from the same problems in dealing with
line graphics in your document that Version 8 did. I imported several complex documents that I work with
regularly into WordPerfect 9 and it had no trouble with any of them. Furthermore, the software seemed
very stable and I was not treated to a single freeze-up or crash."
"Quattro Pro is a powerful
spreadsheet program. I have
used it for doing network
traffic analysis and baseline
reports for my clients in its
Windows form, including
extensive graphing of network
trends. ...
With Corel Presentations 9 it's ridiculously easy to create a slide presentation. It supports features such
as HTML publishing, and simple bitmap editing (in case you are allergic to The Gimp). ...
In all fairness, you can't become a Paradox 9 expert overnight, so I might be being too harsh on it.
However, to really do this right, Corel needs to take a good hard long look at the Linux community and at
least try to support what is already out there with their products in a more seamless manner. ODBC
drivers should be included to support PostgreSQL and MySQL at a minimum."
"SUMMARY Good first try. There are areas that Corel needs to work on
- they're going to have to find some way internally of both
supporting the Linux marketplace in an intelligent manner,
as well as keeping their code portable. This may mean having a group of individuals at Corel who's sole
purpose it is to develop Linux-specific components for their major applications and some standard way
in their apps of hooking these in. I'm not disappointed by their Wine emulation work. I think they've done
a nice job and they should be commended for it. The applications are beautiful, functional, and stable."
