LinuxPR: Linux Stock News – Exclusive Interview with Dr. Michael Cowpland, CEO of Corel Corporation

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 17, 2000

“Linux Stock News is pleased to present the text of its
exclusive interview with Dr. Michael Cowpland, CEO of Corel
Corporation (NASD: CORL). Next week, we anticipate bringing our
readers an interview with Mr. Bernie Thompson, President of
VistaSource, Inc., the new Linux subsidiary of Applix, Inc. (NASD:
APLX). To receive this interview by email, please sign up for the
free newsletter on the LSN homepage at www.linuxstocknews.com.”

“The following interview was released yesterday, May 15, before the
annoucement relating to the termination of the Inprise/Borland
merger deal.”

“As a prelude to our interview with Dr. Michael Cowpland
of Corel Corporation (NASD: CORL), LSN provides a quick review
of Corel’s Linux history.
Corel has been besieged lately as
its merger with Inprise/Borland appears to be on the rocks and its
recent filings with the SEC indicate a potential cash shortage in
the near future if the merger is not consummated. Underlying this,
is a company with an excellent Linux distribution, the most
comprehensive office suite available on Linux, and plans to port
additional high-powered applications such as Corel DRAW to
Linux…
MORE: http://www.linuxstocknews.com/vol1_20_3.html

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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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