Reuters: Cowpland to advise British e-commerce firm

"Former Corel Corp. chief executive Michael Cowpland has been named a director at a British Internet commerce company and will play a key role in developing DealCommodity's business plans, its chief executive told Reuters on Tuesday."

"It is Cowpland's second appointment since resigning from troubled software developer Corel in August. He will help DealCommodity develop a technology and business development strategy...."

"Cowpland, who founded Corel and co-founded Mitel Corp. , said this summer that he was leaving Corel to work with small companies developing technology around Linux, an open-source operating system."

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