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Ottawa Citizen: For Cowpland, just another speed bump

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 9, 2000

Michael Cowpland woke this morning, his right arm hacked
off in an act of corporate self-preservation, stiffened his spine
for a moment, leapt into his Porsche and floored it.

“Or something to that effect. We know this to be true, so public
is his personality, his style, his mansion, his wife, his wife’s
cleavage, his office tower, his handling of adversity.”

“Looking back has no place in his gold-plated storybook.

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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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