The end of JASC

Corel will close Eden Prairie office

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Software company Corel Corp. will close its Eden Prairie operations, the company said Wednesday, putting an end to the Twin Cities digital-media business once known as Jasc Software Inc.
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Corel entered the Twin Cities in 2004 when it bought the former Jasc Software. Jasc, founded in 1991 by a former pilot (the name stands for "Jets and Software Co.," developed the Paint Shop line of photo management and editing software, which established a loyal following despite competing with the much larger Adobe Systems' PhotoShop. Those titles will still be sold by Corel.

Comment: What a great company JASC was. One used to be able to download Paint Shop Pro for free, and use it for 30 days of so. The local support was so capable. Need help? Just call those folk up and they helped you. I still have an old copy of Paint Shop Pro (I think version 7) that I use at work. Sorry to see these folk lose their jobs!