![]() These are or at least were heavyweight brands in the computer world. I know Xandros is doing nicely and is based on Corel Linux OS.Ĭorel Draw, Paint Shop Pro, Winzip!?, and Wordperfect. I know Corel put a lot of effort into wine. Maybe I can’t read these articles any more. I think in the end he made a large multimillion dollar settlement the largest in Canadian history for insider trading. Corel dropped Linux and Cowpland was later charged with insider trading. Michael Cowpland was forced out about the time MS made an offer to inject a large amount of money into the company. ![]() The company faced increasing financial problems, probably more due to financial mismanagement than due to the failings of its Linux division. As I remember it they also developed the interesting Netwinder Linux based network appliance. The Corel Linux distribution was developed and and WP and Corel Draw were ported to Linux. Cowpland then came to the view that the way forward was to become the major Linux commercial software company. It tried to expand its product base by buying Wordperfect. The company became a great success in the late 80’s with Corel draw but into the nineties it began to falter. He was a flamboyant combination of computer scientist and entrepreneur (notorious for his wife’s glam photos in S&M attire in the Canadian dailies). Corel is a Canadian company based in Ottawa and founded by Dr.
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