"It's a lot cheaper - that definitely was one of the main factors," Houck said.
The appearance of Corel's software, which costs less than Microsoft's, on all these new hard drives is also the latest sign that computer makers are trying to cut costs. In the past, Microsoft hasn't been shy about using its influence to discourage PC makers from bundling other companies' software. "This year, the climate was right and the competitive environment went well for looking at alternatives for Microsoft." "We're at the table every year," said Steve Houck, executive vice president at Corel. Sony already ships Corel's software in its home computers. Dell includes WordPerfect in some Inspiron and SmartStep laptops and Dimension desktops starting this month, every HP Pavilion desktop sold in North America will come with WordPerfect. But a couple of deals recently signed by Ottawa software maker Corel will let consumers take home software from somebody besides Microsoft.ĭell and Hewlett-Packard are replacing Microsoft's Works with Corel's WordPerfect Productivity Pack, which includes the word-processing program of the same name and the Quattro Pro spreadsheet. For years, it was safe to assume that any Windows PC you could buy would include Microsoft's Works productivity software.
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