Corel Office for Java Beta Available.OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1997--(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS/NASDAQ:COSFF) Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. announced today its official beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of Corel(R) Office for Java(TM) is now available for download from its website (www.corel.com). The office suite, which includes Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) for Java(TM), Corel(R) Quattro(R) Pro for Java(TM), Corel(R) Presentations(TM) for Java(TM), InfoCentral(TM) for Java(TM) and CorelCHART(TM) for Java(TM), is the first suite of office applications ever written for the Java platform Running Java programs under the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java "platform" refers to the running of Java programs versus Java itself, which is a programming language. Java programs are machine independent and run intact on any hardware platform that has a Java interpreter (JVM). . "Corel Office for Java is revolutionary because it offers users the benefits of full cross-platform compatibility. Its small size and extensible feature set make it the ideal office productivity environment for the emerging server-centric thin client architecture," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "Corel Office for Java demonstrates the power and flexibility of the Java programming environment." Corel Office for Java delivers a complete client/server enterprise solution that not only includes popular productivity applications but also provides workgroup functionality and back-end enterprise support. Corel is committed to developing a product that is fully based on open Internet standards. Corel Office for Java meets the needs for full featured, portable productivity applications in the new thin client computing See thin client. environment. In addition to the client software, Corel Office for Java features a Java implementation of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. (Light-weight directory access protocol) for server side administration of users, applications and documents. Corel Corporation Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and Internet software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW(TM), Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite, Corel(R) Office Professional, CorelVIDEO(TM), CorelCAD(TM) and over 50 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems, including: Windows, Macintosh(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. and OS/2 and are consistently rated among the strongest in the industry. The company ships its products in over 17 languages through a network of more than 160 distributors in 70 countries world-wide. Corel is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (symbol-COS) and on NASDAQ-National Market System (symbol-COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Corel, WordPerfect, Presentations, CorelCHART, CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD are registered trademarks or trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. Java and other Java-based names are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and refer to Sun's Java technologies. All other products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Corel Corporation Nicole Sanford, 613/728-0826 x5046 E-mail: nicoles@corel.com or Carrie Bendzsa, 613/728-0826 x1524 E-mail: carreibe@corel.com |
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