Corel Polishes Desktop Linux
September 29, 1999, 8:31 a.m. PT
MIAMI -- As the Linux parade gathers strength, Corel wants to march out in front.
Mike Cowpland, Corel's president and chief executive officer, sang the praises of the open-source operating system during his keynote address at Comdex Miami '99 here on Tuesday. He also gave a glimpse of an upcoming desktop version, Corel Linux, which he said is now in beta testing and slated for shipment in November...
...Cowpland says that although PC manufacturers are "scared" of Microsoft and don't want to get on its bad side for fear they will lose access to Windows, he is confident that they will embrace Corel's Linux distribution and pre-install it in their machines.
Linux also offers "freedom from crashing" because of its reliability, and "freedom from cracking" thanks to its solid security, Cowpland adds...
...Corel decided to develop its own version of Linux because it considers alternatives to be hard to set up and difficult to use, and lack compatibility with Windows-based networks, he says.
Corel Linux is being designed for mass-market desktop users, he adds. Thus Corel has given its version of Linux Plug and Play capabilities, a user interface that it considers easy to use and very similar to Windows, and tight integration with Windows...
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