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Rob Bos (rbos@wizard.ca)
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:07:46 -0800
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 10:56:34AM -0800, Wm. G. McGrath wrote:
> Well it's official. The Sun reports that Corel is going to sell part
> of its Linux business - I'm guessing that's their distro - because
> they still intend to develop WordPerfect and CorelDraw for the Linux
> platform. Personally I had hoped they were going to be forced to sell
> WP to Sun or SG or IBM or someone. It seems like they want it both
> ways, so is this good news or bad?
Irrelevant. Corel ceased to be a real influence within the Linux groups
months ago; no one trusts and very few people even like them any more.
It's a pity, too.. they had so much potential to be a real ally, and to
benefit from Linux involvement. It is quite a shame. Their distribution
wasn't all that bad, once you got past the "stupidproof" attempts; even
Microsoft would have a difficult time breaking Debian. :)
> Bill
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