Unbundling is step in same good strategy - Corel NOT dumping Java.
Maybe I missed something, but to me the published strategy
does not seem new or strange.
In the first place Corel is not dumping Java at all, on the contrary, I think if I read carefully:
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and:
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Corel is expandig Java effort.
Unbundling is a logical step if you are serious with Java, I think.
The large monolythic office suites are a thing from the past, when this was the only way to provide a seemless integrated set of office tools. With Java, object technology and a software factory approach it is possible to develop the whole suite as separate objects, applets or beans.
The advantages are numerous; here a some:
1. the user does not have to load everything, but only the objects (applets, beans) required for the task (s)he or the document needs to perform at a certain instant.
2. Corel can sell every bean separately and so earn a lot more
3. It is very easy to sell office suite parts separately by e-commerce.
The way I see it the Corel Office Suite for Java was a nice excercise an eye opener for the media and the competition.
It is a normal step in development, as we learn from history, that new inventions are first brought in combination with old environments and ideas. Remenber the first automobile was nothing but a horse cart with the horse missing and a motor in the trunk. Implementing monolythic suites in Java seems to me a similar step.
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