Sure, I guess — WordPerfect 2021 obviously isn’t using the same UI as it did in the OS/2 or Amiga days, but it does remind me a lot of the early 2000s when I was first learning to use a computer.

WordPerfect represents very good value for money for those looking for a cheaper Microsoft Office alternative. It has all the functions and features most people would be familiar with, plus some ...

When Bruce Bastian, the co-inventor of WordPerfect, died this week, it sent me back more than 30 years to when there was a legion of DOS-based word processing applications, and then there was ...

WordPerfect was acquired that year by another Utah-based company, Novell, for $1.4 billion. (The software was later acquired by the Canadian company Corel, now known as Alludo, and has retained a ...

On the verge of extinction two years ago, software publisher Corel has been on a roll lately. Almost every major PC maker has signed deals in the past few months to use Corel's WordPerfect office ...

WordPerfect is also a familiar Microsoft antagonist. As an independent company, WordPerfect competed against Microsoft for years before being bought by Novell in the mid-90s.

Some readers feel Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, and others “were the leaders of the pack; Microsoft brought up the rear, then used FUD to crush them.” ...