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To: A. Reader who wrote (7786)	11/17/1999 8:06:00 AM
From: Kip518	Respond to of 9798

Reader, from the same piece: "In order to really catch the desktop [market], you really have to catch it all," says Linus Torvalds, the inventor of the Linux operating system. Mr. Torvalds, who specifically mentioned Corel's effort in his Monday evening keynote address, says that a technically sophisticated operating system by itself is not enough to win users in the personal computing space. "The desktop is one of the most strategically important areas for Linux," he says. "That's the thing that most people associate with computers." Mr. Torvalds, however, admitted that Linux has yet to have any real success in making its way to consumers' desktops.

To: A. Reader who wrote (7786)	11/18/1999 6:28:00 AM
From: A. Reader	Respond to of 9798

Linux lights Corel afire .."I think people are just realizing Corel's potential in the Linux space," she added. The shares also got a boost by an appearance yesterday by CEO Michael Cowpland on the financial network CNBC and by a Comdex keynote address by Scott McNealy, chief executive of Sun Microsystems. McNealy took potshots at Microsoft and praised the potential of Linux, seen by some as competitor to Microsoft's Windows. "It is additional publicity and it is positive towards Linux," said Jean W. Orr, an analyst with BlueStone Capital Partners... canoe.com