Heath Johnson, director of product planning at San Diego-based Gateway, said in a statement that the company is "always looking for ways to deliver increased value to our customers.PK çm}TÖ¨‹ ™` mÀ 01.jpgzå µ ä» 4”qû?| ‰0–ìË E Ù²›J¨ÄTŠ„$²$dWÆL¨ì&)¢2 ’²$[Ö±¯ÙCöA¶l3hÜÌöÞÓó¿ßó?ç Þ÷. The move toward Microsoft alternatives, especially in the consumer PC market, is fueled by price, he said. "I think that HP, Dell and Gateway going with a non-Microsoft package is fairly important," he said.įor many users of the software, he said, "it's not that big a deal" what brand the software is, as long as it does the work they need to do. in Nashua, N.H., said the deals are impressive because they're evidence of cracks in the wall of Microsoft's dominance in the marketplace. Jonathan Eunice, an analyst at Illuminata Inc. "This is a huge increase in one year," Houck said. The deals with HP, Dell, Sony and now Gateway mean that Corel will have an extra 6 million new licenses for WordPerfect during the next year, up from 250,000 to 300,000 copies of WordPerfect typically sold at retail annually, he said.
"It's definitely not going to change the balance of things today, but it does send a signal that there is room for a No. One reason for the switch: lower prices for the manufacturers and value for customers.
Now, Corel has gotten four PC makers to make the change. Steve Houck, executive vice-president of strategic relations at Corel, said that in the past, the software company has had trouble getting just one hardware maker to switch from offering Microsoft Office products on machines for consumers. The software includes word processing program WordPerfect 10 and spreadsheet program Quattro Pro 10.
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