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Corel removes Nazi symbols from CorelDraw
News Corel said it will remove three drawings of Hitler, and a Nazi symbol which is banned in Germany, from future versions of the package and has issued a warning sticker to shops so they can continue to resell the product.
[November 27, 1996, 11:04]
Corel shareholders to vote on takeover
News Software maker Corel announced on Friday that it has set a date for shareholders to vote on a takeover plan. Notice of the meeting and proxy statements for those who wish to vote by mail are being mailed to shareholders, Corel said.
[July 28, 2003, 11:50]
Corel NC due October
News Corel chief Michael Cowpland said today that the firm's long-waited NC boxes will be available from October. The systems will also be able to output to TVs and Corel is talking to ISPs including AOL about possible licensing deals.
[August 11, 1997, 10:43]
Corel closes the curtain on open source
News Corel has announced it is officially shutting down its open-source software development site as of 1 March, closing the book on its attempt to develop a user-friendly alternative to Windows. Canada-based Corel informed developers of the move in a...
[February 18, 2002, 14:37]
Corel plunges after profit warning
News Corel, which recently hit a 52-week high of 44 1/8 fuelled by Linux hype, fell 4 13/16 to 13 3/4, or 25 percent, after it shocked investors Wednesday with a profit warning. Cowpland's bullishness echoed what he said on Corel's first-quarter...
[December 23, 1999, 10:49]
Corel serves up suite bargains
News Corel has issued a serious pricing challenge for Microsoft Office by licensing its Office Professional suite by the number of Windows NT 4.0 servers running it, rather than the traditional method of number of users.
[September 16, 1996, 16:34]
Corel plans hardware, software barrage
News WordPerfect Suite 8 for Windows 95 and NT is planned for summer 1997 but Corel will deliver a 7.x update in February to compete with Microsoft's first quarter release of Office 97. Media relations manager Marc-Antoine Benglia said Corel will also...
[September 27, 1996, 14:08]
Corel sees suite price about £780 per server
News "The intention is to provide one suite per server as opposed to each user," said Eric Lefebvre, Corel European communications manager. Corel's UK agent Channel Market Makers can be contacted by telephone on 01703-814142.
[October 1, 1996, 16:21]
Corel takes Apple to its heart
News Proving that it has truly forsaken its PC-only heritage, Corel on Thursday announced new software titles for the Mac OS X operating system and pledged to bring all future titles to the new OS. Specifically, Corel announced that new versions of...
[November 16, 2001, 11:23]
The Day Ahead: Corel employees take fall for CEO's blunders
News Corel cut 320 employees and some investors actually thought the company was headed in the right direction -- for about half the trading day Friday. Corel would have received a standing ovation if it cut 321 employees, and booted CEO Michael Cowpland.
[June 12, 2000, 14:22]
Corel's Linux/Wine plans meet mixed response
News Corel has adopted the project and is working to bring the layer onto desktop PCs. According to Derek Burney executive vice president of engineering at Corel, Wine paves the way for something of a revolution that could see Linux offered by the likes...
[March 1, 1999, 15:51]
Corel fixes price to NT server office suite
News Internationally, pricing will be only a little higher than US pricing, due to exchange rate and so on," said Eric Lefebvre, Corel European communications manager. Corel's UK agent Channel Market Makers can be contacted by telephone on 01703-814142.
[November 15, 1996, 14:23]
The Day Ahead: Corel hopes Jobs' Microsoft play works twice
News Commentary: Maybe Corel interim chief executive Derek J Burney consulted Apple's former interim chief executive Steve Jobs before Corel unveiled its "strategic alliance" with Microsoft Monday. The biggest question surrounding the Corel-Microsoft...
[October 3, 2000, 12:33]
Corel agrees to sell out for £64m
News Struggling software maker Corel announced on Thursday that it's likely to accept a buyout offer from one of the company's largest shareholders. The company said in a statement that it continues to negotiate with San Francisco-based Vector Capital...
[June 6, 2003, 10:46]
Corel sinks deeper in the red
News Corel has seen a fourth quarter loss of 14 cents a share. Translation: Corel stuffed the channel and didn't get the sell-through. The latest profit warning is bad news to investors that bought into Corel at the peak of its Linux hype.
[December 23, 1999, 6:08]
Corel Linux plans up in the air
News Canadian software vendor Corel is sending some very confusing messages into the open-source ether. Corel has sold $6.1m in Linux products in the past nine months. Sources said that company chief executive Derek Burney has been actively shopping...
[November 21, 2000, 8:10]
Corel launches Office upgrades
Talkback Corel will have to support OpenDocument sooner or later to remain relevant. Anything else just causes their customers to trickle to Microsoft over time.
[January 19, 2006, 15:59]
Comdex: Corel says still full-speed ahead on Linux
News Corel is "refocusing" -- not relinquishing -- its Linux products and plans, the Canadian software vendor's chief executive Derek Burney insisted Monday. Burney is making the rounds at Comdex Fall 2000 here this week, showing off a beta version of...
[November 14, 2000, 15:46]
Five years ago: Corel sees Java, Web in the palm
News Corel recently endorsed the Network Computer Reference Profile program led by Oracle, and said that it will build a Java version of its WordPerfect suite; a beta version will be avialable for free download from October.
[August 30, 2001, 8:00]
Corel unveils latest WordPerfect
News Software-maker Corel announced a new version on Monday of its WordPerfect office software, marketing the package as a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office for consumers and small businesses. A new Microsoft Office compatibility mode ensures...
[March 2, 2004, 11:50]
