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Why not? Think about it for a second. If IBM were to buy the Apps
division of Novel then they could truly compete with MS. They would
have  an OS, Wordperfect for a very powerfull WP and some unique
Lotus technolgy that could be merged  in. Quatro Pro could become
a light spreadsheet product while Lotus/Improv could become the
high end spread sheet. It makes perfect sense. IBM has a strong
networking backkbone to tie everything together including Notes.
Man, Lou are you reading this post? Go for it....

Also cut a deal with Borland to get Paradox. Do not play mister
nice guy anymore. Microsft definately is not. If MS could buy
up software companies and chew  them up spitting out what they
do not want then IBM should do the same.

All of us should start a writing campagn to IBM. Perhaps Warp is
not dead after all...

Ken

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: Why not? Think about it for a second. If IBM were to buy the Apps
: division of Novel then they could truly compete with MS. They would
: have  an OS, Wordperfect for a very powerfull WP and some unique

IBM already has a very powerful WP: AmiPro (now WordPro)

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: Why not? Think about it for a second. If IBM were to buy the Apps
: division of Novel then they could truly compete with MS. They would
: have  an OS, Wordperfect for a very powerfull WP and some unique
: Lotus technolgy that could be merged  in. Quatro Pro could become
: a light spreadsheet product while Lotus/Improv could become the
: high end spread sheet. It makes perfect sense. IBM has a strong
: networking backkbone to tie everything together including Notes.
: Man, Lou are you reading this post? Go for it....

: Also cut a deal with Borland to get Paradox. Do not play mister
: nice guy anymore. Microsft definately is not. If MS could buy
: up software companies and chew  them up spitting out what they
: do not want then IBM should do the same.

: All of us should start a writing campagn to IBM. Perhaps Warp is
: not dead after all...

: Ken
:  
: --
: Ken Malark

I have heard that's been considered.  I also heard suggestions that IBM
should just buy the whole Novell.

Not that I favor it;  I don't.  With the kind of management that could
get suckered into buying MS Money, Novell doesn't bode well with.

They are literally abandoning every initiative, from Unixware, OpenDOC to
their apps suites.  Fortunately for Unixware, it's got a new and
deserving parent with SCO and HP; for Windows OpenDOC, IBM is taking
over.  But WordPerfect and QPro... orphans?

Rgds,

Chris

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I don't think they will, nor that they should, buy the Novell apps.
IBM already has Lotus and thus all the apps they probably want.

By buying the Novell apps, they would just buy products competing
with what they already have, no good idea.

|> Also cut a deal with Borland to get Paradox. Do not play mister
|> nice guy anymore. Microsft definately is not. If MS could buy
|> up software companies and chew  them up spitting out what they
|> do not want then IBM should do the same.

I'd say they should buy Borland, not just Paradox and get them on
a cross platform track. This IMO is much better than buying the Novell
apps (and perhaps even cheaper, although Borland is now recovering)

|> All of us should start a writing campagn to IBM. Perhaps Warp is
|> not dead after all...

Never was close to dead..

 -Mike

Quote:

>Why not? Think about it for a second. If IBM were to buy the Apps

Quote:>They are literally abandoning every initiative, from Unixware, OpenDOC to
>their apps suites.  Fortunately for Unixware, it's got a new and
>deserving parent with SCO and HP; for Windows OpenDOC, IBM is taking
>over.  But WordPerfect and QPro... orphans?

Steve

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OS/2 since April '92

Steve

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Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand

OS/2 since April '92

My feelings anyway....  Jeff
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// The land of the red soil and fresh lobsters

With NT grabbing the server market at an ever so rapid pace, it would
make most sense (to me anyway :-) ), for IBM to take NOVELL (before M$
does), because _someone_ will be grabbing it very..very..soon now
<heh>, it has nowhere else to go now that M$ has got it backed into a
corner.

Regards
Rolf

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Quote:Aaron Evans writes:
> John Brock writes:
>> but if Wordperfect somehow gets spun off as a separate company
> It was a seperate company.  It got swallowed by Borland who was swallowed
> by Novell.

Quote:Christopher Robato) writes:

There is a rumor that Ray Noorda wants to buy WordPerfect - don't know about
QPro.

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: >They are literally abandoning every initiative, from Unixware, OpenDOC to
: >their apps suites.  Fortunately for Unixware, it's got a new and
: >deserving parent with SCO and HP; for Windows OpenDOC, IBM is taking
: >over.  But WordPerfect and QPro... orphans?

: I saw yesterday that Ray Noorda (founder of Novell, and currently running
: the Caldera Linux 'Network Desktop' project) is interested in buying
: WordPerfect. It was meant to be an important part of his new product
: and he needs it. His Network Desktop won't offer the same value without a
: full-blown WYSIWYG wp for Linux.

: Steve

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: Steve Withers - Wellington, New Zealand

: OS/2 since April '92

I really like the idea of someone as dynamic as Ray Noorda taking over
WordPerfect.  It would be sad to see WordPerfect go (I am a WordPerfect
user on two platforms---Windows and Mac.  I use Describe on OS/2.)

Perhaps Borland can get back Quattro Pro.

Rgds,

Chris

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