


In a similar manner, Corel also offered both a Standard and Professional edition, with Professional including their Paradox database application. Instead of attempting to copy like for like with Microsoft Office, the emphasis became about niche feature sets and avoid alienating their existing user base.Īs one would gather WordPerfect Office 2000 was competing with Microsoft Office 2000, albeit with more aggressive pricing.

Major competitors were Lotus and Corel, though market share had slid to the point where it didn’t really matter who was considered second or third place. Ever since Windows dominated the PC landscape, Microsoft Office was and still is the mainstay for productivity applications.
