word.perfect.120nenad,
Za mesec dana izlazi WordPerfect Suite verzija 8, a Corel
predviđa da će već sledeće godine 20-25 procenata prodaje
njegovog office paketa odlaziti na Java verziju.
Ulaze i na tržište hardvera - sa jednom firmom pripremaju i RISC
(Digital ARM) NC laptop koji će imati JVM i biti snage kao
Pentium na 200MHz.
Corel finalizing WordPerfect Suite 8, NC plans
Corel Corp. plans a massive advertising campaign in June and July
to back the release of WordPerfect Suite 8, due to go into gold
code in a week and a half, according to Michael Cowpland, Corel's
president and CEO.
Cowpland, said Corel has a chance to gain four to five points of
market share on Microsoft Corp. in the suite market, thanks in
part to glitches in Office 97, such as problems with its Outlook
messaging component, and to the release of the Java-based
WordPerfect Suite 8.
"We have to take advantage of this window," Cowpland said. He
expects the Java suite to form 20 percent to 25 percent of
Corel's suite sales next year.
Separately, Cowpland said Corel will replace its handheld network
computer with a notebook-size NC in November.
"The handheld ... is re-emerging as a full notebook-size computer
with an NC inside," Cowpland said. He added that Corel is working
on the notebook with an unnamed manufacturer that will retool its
hardware to support the StrongARM chip from Digital Equipment
Corp. and Advanced RISC Machines.
The Corel system will use an operating system that combines the
Java Virtual Machine, the Microware embedded operating system and
a graphics layer provided by Corel. Cowpland said the machine's
performance will be comparable to a 200MHz Pentium machine, and
will cost between $2,000 and $2,500.