![]() WordPerfect would compete directly with a product called Microsoft Word Quattro Pro would go up against Microsoft Excel. The acquisitions would put Novell into the market for "applications," software that can do useful things. In the same way that Microsoft's size is grounded in its sales of "operating system" software used to control personal computers, Novell dominates the market for operating software used in networks that allow computers to trade data. Many industry watchers have long thought it is the only firm with the potential to stand up to Microsoft, a $3.8 billion-a-year operation that is being investigated by the Justice Department for alleged unfair marketing practices. "This completely changes the competitive landscape of our industry," said Ken Wasch, executive director of the Software Publishers Association.īased in Provo, Utah, Novell had sales of $1.1 billion last year. Yesterday, the deal was the talk of the $8 billion-a-year personal computer software market. That is because prosperous Novell would be better able to keep prices down on WordPerfect and Quattro Pro products than their current owners. But some analysts suggested that the deal would help prolong a price war among software makers. The potential impact on prices that consumers pay for computer software was unclear. to take over Quattro Pro, an acclaimed financial accounting program. It would pay $145 million to Borland International Inc. ![]() ![]() Under a tentative deal, Novell would pay $1.4 billion in stock for WordPerfect Corp., maker of the popular word processor program of the same name. The acquisitions would create the first company able to compete head-to-head with most major products of Microsoft Corp., by far the industry's biggest player. said yesterday it plans to pay $1.5 billion for two premier names of the computer software world - WordPerfect and Quattro Pro. ![]()
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