Hewlett-Packard Co., the world's largest PC manufacturer, and Dell Computer Corp., the second-largest, have each expanded their relationships with Canadian software developer Corel Corp. in recent weeks to offer that company's word processing package, WordPerfect 10, and spreadsheet application, Quattro Pro 10, with some of their computer lines starting this month.
Earlier this year, Sony Corp. agreed to ship WordPerfect on a range of its PCs, from budget to high-end machines.
Steve Houk, executive vice president of strategic relations for Corel, in Ottawa, said the Sony, HP and Dell deals could add about 5 million WordPerfect units to its sales, almost a 25 percent increase to its worldwide user base of 22 million.
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