Corel and Sony Extend Holiday Gift-Giving with Special Offer of Corel WordPerfect Suite.OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1997--If you happened to get a Sony PC for the holidays, 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. and Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. have a special post-holiday gift for you. The limited-time software promotion includes a special edition of Corel WordPerfect Suite See WordPerfect Office. 7. Upon registering your Sony PC via built-in electronic on-line registration or by sending in your registration card between December 13, 1996 and January 31, 1997, you will be sent Corel's popular suite of business applications at no additional charge. "This is another super opportunity for us to offer Corel WordPerfect Suite 7 to an even wider audience," said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "It's indeed an exciting deal." The special edition of Corel WordPerfect Suite 7 includes Corel WordPerfect 7, Corel Quattro Pro See Quattro Pro. 7, Corel Presentations 7, Envoy 7 Viewer, CorelFLOW 3, 150 TrueType fonts, and more than 10,000 clipart images. "By offering this Corel WordPerfect Suite 7 software promotion, we are further enhancing the productivity of the Sony PC," said Tim Errington, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Sony Information Technologies of America, a divisional company of Sony Electronics. "Our PCs have been recognized as providing an exciting and productive user experience. This full office suite brings more home office power to the Sony PC." The Sony PCs combine the latest computer technologies (including 166 and 200 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Intel Pentium Processors, Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, and accelerated 3D graphics) with Sony's high-performance MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). decoding and Multiscan Multimedia Computer Display (with its built-in stereo speakers, subwoofer A speaker that reproduces the lower end of the audio spectrum. A subwoofer system may include a crossover circuit which switches frequencies at approximately 100Hz and under to the subwoofer, while passing the rest of the signal to the main speakers. and microphone), to deliver leading-edge entertainment and information for the home. Based in San Jose, Sony Information Technologies of America markets Sony-branded computer products, including the Sony PC, Trinitron displays, digital still cameras and other multimedia products through distributors, resellers and consumer retailers. For additional information about the PC by Sony call (800) 4-SONY-PC (467-6972) or visit Sony's World Wide Web site at www.sony.com/pc 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, Corel WordPerfect Suite, Corel Office Professional, Corel VIDEO, Corel CAD, 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 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 and WordPerfect are registered trademarks and CorelDRAW, CorelVIDEO and CorelCAD are trademarks of Corel Corporation Limited. All products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies CONTACT: Corel Corporation Daniela Gaudert, 613/728-0826 x1333 danielag@corel.com or Sony Electronics Lisa Young, 408/955-5142 lisa_young@mail.sel.sony.com |
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