NewsAlert: Corel Announces No Charge WordPerfect 8 Linux Download | Linux Today

NewsAlert: Corel Announces No Charge WordPerfect 8 Linux Download

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 23, 1998

Corel today announced that president and chief executive
officer, Dr. Michael Cowpland will announce a special no-charge
download version of Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) 8 for Linux(R) Personal
Edition during his keynote speech at tomorrow’s Linux Expo in
Atlanta.

Information about the download version will be available from
linux.corel.com. Interested
users can preregister at this site for the application, which is
expected to be available in November. When the download is
available users will be contacted by e-mail with notice of where
they can go to download the application.

This download version is the first stage of Corel’s strategy to
address the needs of the Linux community with high quality software
applications for personal use only.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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