March 21, 1994: Novell Acquires Corel WordPerfect, Quattro Pro

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March 21, 1994: Novell purchases Quattro Pro and WordPerfect

1994– Novell purchases Quattro Pro (spreadsheet program) and WordPerfect (Word document editor) for $145 million. However, the company ended up selling both software programs to Corel in 1996. Corel continues to update and sell WordPerfect Office x6 – with Quattro Pro in the Professional edition.

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