“On the opening day of the Comdex Canada West 2000 computer show
in Vancouver, the OS wars were front and centre.”
“Microsoft’s Frank Clegg, (VP, Central Region U.S. and Canada)
opened the show with an excellent keynote speech featuring MS
Windows 2000, the soon to be released successor to Windows NT.
“Clegg’s presentation was followed a couple of hours later by a
brief speech and an extensive, lively Q&A from Corel founder
and CEO Dr. Michael Cowpland, in which Cowpland outlined the
roadmap for Corel Linux in the year 2000.”
“Cowpland’s presentation was highly interactive, as members of
the crowd used the opportunity of his visit to Comdex to ask him
questions on almost every aspect of Corel’s Linux initiative.”
“Cowpland noted that in Corel’s most recent financial
quarter, Corel Linux shrinkwrapped Linux software sales amounted to
a respectable $3 million, in spite of the fact that a free
downloadable version of Linux is also available.”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.
Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved
Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.