wordperfect corporation

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

WordPerfect Corporation

   <company> The original developers of the {WordPerfect} {word
   processor} and a variety of other {applications} for {personal
   computers}.  WordPerfect was founded in Provo, Utah, USA in
   1979 by Alan Ashton and Bruce Bastion as "Satellite Software
   International".  The company name was changed to Wordperfect
   Corporation in 1986.  The company was bought by {Novell, Inc.}
   in 1994, who then sold it to {Corel Corporation} in 1996.

   (1997-03-12)