Subject:  03/18/97--Microsoft Unbeatable?
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BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE
Transcript of Mar. 18, 1997, conference

IS MICROSOFT UNBEATABLE?

Dr. Michael C.J. Cowpland, CEO of Corel -- the hot Canadian software maker that is challenging Microsoft -- discussed this question Mar. 18. He was online with William C. Symonds, BW's Toronto bureau manager.

Here's a sample:

Wcsymonds: How are your plans for a new version of WordPerfect 8 coming along?

JackBW: Corel bought WordPerfect from Novell last year.

Corel10: Very well. We will be shipping the first Beta by the end of the week, and we have some super new features, as well as tight integration between components.

JackBW: HySa in the audience asks this one.
Question: Where do you see Microsoft in the next 5, 10, and 15 years?  Where do you see Corel?

JackBW: A really long-term question.

Corel10: Microsoft will be a global satellite company, and Corel will be king of Java. Microsoft needs the kind of growth that only AT&T and BT's [British Telecom] market will provide. We are convinced that Java will replace Windows as the dominant environment. Our Office for Java is a view of the future.