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Ottawa Citizen: Corel stock draws strength from Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 31, 1999

[ Thanks to Peter
Crane
for this link. ]

“Corel Corp. stock hit its highest price levels in two years
yesterday as Linux fever gripped the market.”

“Analysts said the action was driven by Corel’s high-profile
role in promoting and developing the Linux operating systems as an
alterative to Microsoft’s dominant Windows operating system.”

“Other Linux-stocks enjoyed big gains yesterday. Applix Inc. of
Westboro, Massachusetts, was the most active U.S. stock, trading 27
million shares and making a big price jump.”

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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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