Corel and Netscape to Provide Integrated Software Optimized For Network-Centric Environment.OTTAWA/MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 1997-- Companies to Work Together on Joint Development and Promotion of Products Incorporating Open Standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced . 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. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COSFF, TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COS) and Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. (NASDAQ:NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ) today announced an agreement designed to strengthen the relationship between the two companies and offer customers a new suite of integrated productivity applications. Corel has licensed Netscape Communicator An earlier suite of Web browsing and groupware tools from Netscape that were packaged as a bundle starting with Navigator 4.0. Communicator refers to any Netscape Navigator product with a version number less than 6.0. (TM), Netscape's new integrated suite of client software for open email, groupware and Web browsing, and will integrate it tightly with Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite 8 and Corel(R) Office Professional 8. Corel and Netscape will jointly develop the new products, which Corel plans to ship later this year, and both companies will work together to market and promote them. Development efforts will center on combining the open-standards-based features of Netscape Communicator, such as email and groupware, with the leading-edge desktop functionality of Corel's products. The new integrated products will give users a suite of applications designed with an emphasis on a network-centric work environment and optimized to meet the needs of the average desktop user, including the ability to communicate, publish and share information across the Internet and Intranets. Once available, Corel plans to include this new application with all new versions of Corel WordPerfect Suite See WordPerfect Office. and Corel Office A suite of applications for Windows from Corel that was superseded by Corel WordPerfect Suite. See WordPerfect Office. Professional. "We are pleased to have forged this important strategic relationship with Netscape, a company that is as committed as we are to providing high quality and leading-edge business solutions," said Dr. Michael Cowpland Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian entrepreneur, businessman, and the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. Cowpland was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England and obtained a BSc. , president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "Our combined efforts will produce the only desktop productivity suite that is completely open and standards-based, a concept in sharp contrast to the competition." "Corel's products are highly complementary to Netscape Communicator and today's announcement will give people a best-of-breed application," said Mike Homer, senior vice president of marketing for Netscape. "Customers are eager to use products that are optimized for today's networked environment and that help them to exploit the advantages of the Internet and Intranets. The joint solution we are developing with Corel meets this growing need, these products represent a new generation of network-centric office productivity tools." Corel has offered Netscape Navigator as a bundled solution with Corel WordPerfect Suite and Corel Office Professional since early 1996. Netscape also announced that it has licensed Corel's WordPerfect Suite for internal use. In addition, Corel announced today that a pre-beta of Corel(R) Office for Java(TM) is now available for download from http://officeforjava.corel.com . This pre-beta will include Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) for Java(TM), Corel(R) Quattro(R) Pro for Java(TM), CorelCHART(TM) for Java(TM), as well as a new Personal Information Manager and email component. Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of open software for linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live online applications. Traded on NASDAQ under the symbol "NSCP," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, Calif. Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com or by calling 415/937-2555 (corporate customers) or 415/937-3777 (individuals). Corel Corporation Incorporated in 1985, Corel Corporation is recognized internationally as an award-winning developer and marketer of productivity applications, graphics and multimedia software. Corel's product line includes CorelDRAW(TM), the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite, Corel(R) Office Professional, CorelVIDEO(TM), CorelCAD(TM) and over 30 multimedia software titles. Corel's products run on most operating systems, including: Windows, Macintosh, 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 worldwide. 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 the NASDAQ National Market System (symbol: COSFF). For more information visit Corel's home page on the Internet at http://www.corel.com . Corel and WordPerfect are registered trademarks and CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD are trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. Netscape, Netscape Communications, the Netscape Communications Corporate logo, Netscape Navigator and Netscape Navigator Personal Edition are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. Java and other Java-based names are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and refer to Sun's Java technologies. All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Corel Corporation Cindy Scott, 613/728-0826 x1326 INTERNET: http://www.corel.com E-MAIL e-mail: see electronic mail. in full electronic mail Messages and other data exchanged between individuals using computers in a network. : cindys@corel.com or Netscape Communications Corporation Jennifer O'Mahony, 415/937-3084 E-MAIL: jom@netscape.com |
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