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July 22, 1999
Amiga announces relationship with Corel Corporation
July 22, 1999 - San Diego California - Today,
Amiga announced that they are working closely with Corel
Corporation to insure that several of Corel's award winning
software applications will be supported on Amiga's new line of
products that are scheduled for release later this year.
This announcement follows Amiga's recent announcement that they
have selected Linux as the OS kernel for the new Amiga Operating
Environment. "We are extremely excited about our relationship with
Corel and their entire product line", said Jim Collas, President
and CEO of Amiga, "This insures that our customers who purchase the
new Amiga systems will have world class personal productivity
applications such as the upcoming WordPerfect Office for
Linux."
Customers have made over 1 million download attempts for
Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux®
since Corel made the product available on their web site last
December. "We expected the Linux version to do well," said Dr.
Michael Cowpland, Chief Executive Officer and President of Corel,
"but one million download attempts is extraordinary. Not only does
it speak volumes for WordPerfect, I think it is somewhat indicative
of the growing popularity of Linux. We expect the release of
WordPerfect Office for Linux will be an even greater success when
we release it early next year."
As Amiga approaches the release dates of the new Amiga Operating
Environment and the Amiga MCC (Multimedia Convergence Computer), we
will be announcing more details on these and other products and
their availability dates.
About Corel Corporation
Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of
award-winning graphics and business productivity applications.
Development of market-leading products such as the
CorelDRAW®line of graphics applications and the Corel®
WordPerfect® Suite of business tools is continually evolving
to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets.
Committed to value, compatibility, choice and open standards, Corel
develops products for the Windows®, Macintosh®,
UNIX®, Linux® and Java™ platforms. For more
information about Corel, please visit their web site at www.Corel.com
Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW, Corel PHOTO-PAINT and the Go
Further logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel
Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited.
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