Corel's Richard Carriere recently sat down with BetaNews to discuss the hype around alternative office suites and the future of WordPerfect. Carriere says the market is ready for an MS Office alternative, that Microsoft doesn't innovate, and OpenOffice.org and the OpenDocument format aren't yet viable.
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Member since:"you would expect Corel to see the same trend we do and not expect that anyone, realistically, is will to trade in DOC for WPF due to vendor lock in."
They're trying to say in this article that they support Microsoft office's .doc format and PDF, and aren't really plugging for WPF. They're essentially saying "You're already tied to Microsoft, use us instead because we're very compatible and can export to pdf at a lower price". With the implication that they are more compatible with Microsoft than the competition.
If you think about it, it is probably easier for them to make money knocking off MS office than it is for them to try to compete as the best ODF client. I am sure they see the change to an open format as inevitable, but if it's easier to make money in the current system, there's no reason to help the change along. So why support .odf when nobody uses it yet? That is what it seems they're trying to get across to me.
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While you may be right, certainly you would expect Corel to see the same trend we do and not expect that anyone, realistically, is will to trade in DOC for WPF due to vendor lock in. If their motivation for change is actually vendor lock in, anything but OD is a poor choice at this point, doncha think?