After Windows 98: the future according to Microsoft; if today's news is yesterday's research, what's next?

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Microsoft's future plans depend on choosing from among different technology visions. The company's two-pronged approach consists of platforms business, which include OS sales, and new products that shift consumers from PCs into television-based Web surfing and other new areas. Platforms revenue accounted for $5.97 billion of Microsoft's total $11.4 billion for the fiscal year 1997 ended Jun 30, 1997. Microsoft since 1996 has been attempting to extend its PC dominance to Internet access, with many efforts seeking to blend the two. The company, which spends $2.7 billion per year on overall research and development, also is emphasizing consumer electronics. Microsoft is expected to bundle Windows CE, its Windows consumer-electronics version, in forthcoming versions of the $200 Web TV box. Auto PC, due in fall 1998 from the Clarion Corporation of America, will enable drivers to handle E-mail and surf the Web. Other Microsoft research strategies include teaching computers to see and stressing simplicity.

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How Korean pride rallied to save a software maker

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Korean software developer Hangul and Computer Company is expecting a net income of $4.9 million this year which is an $8.7 million increase over last year's net loss of $3.8 million. This is in response to Microsoft's effort to capture the lucrative Korean word-processing software market by offering an investment of $20 million on the condition that Hangul would sell Microsoft's Korean-language Word instead of producing and selling their own software; thus causing the South Korean public to stage a nation-wide campaign to save Hangul from bankruptcy and foreign control. The campaign was led by Korean computer-related businesses and associations who invested $10 million, enabling Hangul president Ha Jin Jhun to refinance company debt, reduce costs, and streamline operations. Software piracy was also reduced through price cuts and innovative marketing.

United States, South Korea, Statistical Data Included, Prevention, Abstract, Software piracy, Hangul and Computer Co.

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Perfecting his word: Corel's feisty founder promises the company will rebound

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Corel CEO and founder Michael C.J. Cowpland brashly predicts a turnaround for the Canadian software company. A duel with Microsoft for the word-processing software market backfired, resulting in a $231.8 million loss in 1997. Cowpland also has drawn wide criticism that includes insider trading accusation, expectation hyping and ambition. The self-confident Cowpland says Corel will produce breakthrough technology and significant corporate backers. Corel, which purchased Novell's Wordperfect for $158 million in Mar 1996, adopted aggressive marketing and more attractive prices to offer its own Wordperfect version. Sales outperformed Microsoft's Word for a few months, but Corel lacked the expertise and deployment to sell Wordperfect, particularly to Cowpland's targeted corporate users.

Economic policy, Corel Corp., Cowpland, Michael

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