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Then, in 2001, Corel swallowed Micrografx whole. They announced: "Designer will be discontinued. Please use CorelDRAW."

The locomotive took three nights. I named the file LOCO_DSG.GEM .

The art director blinked. "How?"

It will open tomorrow. It will open in ten years.

Micrografx tried to pivot—Picture Publisher, ABC FlowCharter, a web toy called Webtricity. But Designer stayed. Version 4, 5, 6. Each release adding just enough to keep us old-timers from switching. micrografx designer

But the director was a pragmatist. "Corel crashes when you look at it wrong. Adobe Illustrator costs more than your car. This? This runs on 4MB of RAM."

I was a paste-up artist who hated rubber cement. My desk was a graveyard of X-Acto blades, missing pica poles, and a light table that gave me a permanent sunburn on my forearms. Then, in 2001, Corel swallowed Micrografx whole

Just me, a mouse, and the last Bézier curve.