Editing WordPerfect (section)

===Novell buys WordPerfect Company===
{{pic|WordPerfect, Novell Applications Group logo.svg|Logo of WordPerfect, Novell Applications Group}}
The WordPerfect product line was sold twice, first to [[Novell]]<ref name=Brinkley.NYT2K/> in June 1994, for $1.4 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenwald |first=Michael S. |date=2024-07-02 |title=Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/business/bruce-bastian-dead.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Novell sold it (at a big loss) to [[Corel]] in January 1996. However, Novell kept the WordPerfect Office technology, incorporating it into its [[GroupWise]] messaging and collaboration product.