ComputerWorld: Corel CEO Gives Lowdown On Microsoft Investment

"IDG News Service correspondent Clare Haney spoke in Las Vegas last week with Derek Burney, the newly appointed CEO and president of Corel, about the tie-up with Microsoft and what's ahead for Corel."

"Q: Could Microsoft's investment in Corel, a Linux distributor, be seen as a way for Microsoft to have a Linux test bed?

A: It certainly looks that way. If I were Microsoft, I'd have two approaches to Linux: One, I hope it goes away or, two, let's figure out how to work with it, and I'd be opting for the second approach."

"Q: There have been suggestions that Corel will release an open-source version of its WordPerfect software suite next year. Is that true?

A: We have no plans to do so. In my opinion, open source makes sense for operating systems and nothing else."

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