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Corel chief sees Java hurting Microsoft
SunSoft's crack Java environment could drive a wedge into Microsoft's dominance in PC software, according to Corel Systems CEO Michael Cowpland.
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"We've had 16 years of Microsoft monopoly," Cowpland said in a keynote speech for the Comdex/Canada show on Friday. "I think people are ready for Java now, because it's an open standard."
Corel plans a Java-optimised version of its WordPerfect application suite for later this year. The graphics giant also showed its Java-based Web publishing tool, codenamed Barista, that lets pages be published with formatting and fonts intact.