It's due for an upgrade, featuring a host of bells and whistles designed to make it more appealing to its large base of legal and government users. One feature that appeals to those communities, said Graham Brown, Ottawa, Canada-based Corel executive vice president of business applications, is the exactness of the word count. The feature is being retained in WordPerfect 10, part of a suite due for release in the spring. Corel also has a strong presence in the U.S. government, Brown said. Among agencies where the firm is doing well are the Departments of Labor and Justice and the Library of Congress.
ASPs offer all the frills of software without the licensing, support, service and upgrade costs.
The software will work with Windows, Linux and Macintosh platforms. It is automatically installed and upgraded over the Web, which users should cheer. The firm says, however, that people can download and use versions for all three operating systems under the subscription. Our goal is to provide small businesses with the essential tools they need in the New Economy. The files can then be shared with any number of users via the Web without additional software.