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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (32516)	11/7/1999 1:43:00 AM
From: Brian Malloy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Don't try and slide around the truth. When did Corel get Word Perfect? When did Corel get Quattro Pro? When did Corel ship a fully integrated product? How long has DELL been making PC's and when did they change to the JIT model?

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (32516)	11/7/1999 7:59:00 AM
From: Mark Bartlett	Respond to of 74651

Dwight, << Plus, I read the reviews, and they affirm that Corel Suite is a state-of-the-art package. FWIW, Corel invented the "tabbed worksheet" in QuattroPro spreadsheet, which MS copied. Also, Corel was first to put live web links capability into WordPerfect. Yes, WordPerfect had that before MS-Word. >> I have to agree. I use both systems and Corel's products are much better. And in my mind that is what is at the heart of this argument - why do inferior MS products so dominate the market place. The Canadian government even adopted MS stuff over Corel - despite the fact that Corel is Canadian, better and even head-quatered in the same city - Ottawa. Why - because BG gave them a big discount, that Corel could not afford to do. When something gets so big that it can put out inferior products and still dominate - then there is something wrong. Obviously competition has been stifled. So - in the end, we use MS. As the British would say ... pity .... at home I use the better product ..... Corel. Incidentally I do NOT work for the Canadian government - I work for another level of government and last year we switched all our systems to MS too .... uugggg!! .... talk about a step backwards. MB