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National Post: Cowpland ties Corel to the fortunes of Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 3, 1999

[ Thanks to Charles for
this link. ]

“Stock boosted: But analysts still see competition in software
market.”

“Corel Corp. is a Linux company now, and two days of stock
run-up proves that investors understand the value of its new line
of business…”

“We’ve got Linux fever in the market now, just as we
had Web fever,” Mr. Cowpland said. Corel and other firms saw their
stock prices skyrocket last week in a delayed response to the
initial public offering on Aug. 11 of Red Hat Inc…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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.

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