“The result will be a company focused more strongly on luring
customers to Linux, a competitor to the Windows operating system.
The merged company will provide stiffer competition not only to
Microsoft, but also to Red Hat, the Linux seller that gained
access to programming tools with its acquisition of Cygnus
Solutions in November.
Corel has been an active supporter of the Linux operating system
as a way to sell its WordPerfect office software suite. To hasten
the day when Linux can be used by relatively non-technical people,
Corel has been selling its own version of the operating system.
Linux currently is most popular on the more powerful servers rather
than ordinary desktop computers.
Corel for years has struggled to keep its head above water when
competing against Microsoft, while Inprise is one of several
programming tools companies in a struggling industry. But the two
companies apparently believe they can use Linux to ferry them
through difficult times, carrying enough weight together to
convince the computer industry that Linux is worth betting on.
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