“Canada… is home to some energetic open-source
activities. Ottawa, Ontario-based Corel Corporation previously
released Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux and has now released an
entire Linux distribution called Corel Linux. A Corel associate
company, Rebel.com, has introduced small self-contained,
easy-to-administer Linux boxes based on the StrongARM processor. A
Vancouver, BC startup company, Stormix Technologies Inc., has
released a distribution of Linux called Storm Linux. And Calgary,
Alberta, is the home of OpenBSD, the open-source OS that some
security analysts consider the most secure Unix distribution
available.”
“Corel’s involvement with Linux runs deep. Seeing a potential
market for its flagship WordPerfect product as well as its full
office suite, Corel has been contributing valuable coding efforts
to the open-source Wine project…”
“What Corel is assisting with in particular is a Wine API layer
that will allow Corel’s native Windows office suite to run in
Linux, without having to maintain separate Windows and Linux
development streams.”
“Vancouver startup company Stormix Technologies Inc.
(www.stormix.com) is dedicated to Linux and open-source solutions
for business and home users. The company has released Storm
Linux… The primary goal of the company is to make Linux easier to
use. It is contemplating things like tutorials and wizards embedded
into the distribution.”
“OpenBSD is the BSD branch that specializes in security. It is
the only OS in which nearly every line of code has been audited for
security. In addition, it includes strong encryption… The OpenBSD
CD proudly proclaims “Made in Canada: land of free
cryptography.”
“Unlike most distributions of Linux, which tend to be a bit
careless about security in their out-of-box installations, OpenBSD
claims to have not been cracked in an out-of-box installation for
over two years.”