DOWN TO THE WIRE.(Microsoft and Intel Winboard strategy)(Company Business and Marketing)

Microsoft innovates the most devious market killer since Windows

Corel had a big win last week when it announced a bundling deal with PC Chips Group, the largest PC motherboard manufacturer in the world. Corel will ship about 18 million copies per year of Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 through this deal alone. As it happens, WordPerfect is my word processor of choice (a lucky thing, too, in light of the Microsoft Office-related Melissa virus outbreak), so I'm obviously pleased that my favorite word processor has some added longevity.

Unfortunately, my sources tell me that Microsoft is about to respond with a product plan that may make Corel's move irrelevant. In …