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To: Kashish King who wrote (8337)	12/24/1999 4:48:00 PM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 9798

Attention Investigative Bodies Those investigating Cowpland should pay attention to this statement and ask yourself whether he really gets it or not: "This setback in the Windows market will encourage us even further to push hard into the enormous potential of Linux," chief executive Michael Cowpland said in a conference call. Corel is the company with the most Linux technology, he added, noting that the stock market values his company at less than 5 per cent as much as Linux-sector leader Red Hat. Let's ignore the potential for Windows software since that apparently is zero as far as Corel is concerned. Let's take a look at their claim to have the most Linux technology: Corel ported an '80s hand-me-down office product to Linux. The same product they can't sell on Windows. The same product whose lunch is being eaten by Applix and Sun's StarOffice on Linux. Other than this port, how can Corel support this outrageous claim? They do not even have their own Linux distribution and there are literally high school students farther ahead in that regard. Corel packages Debian's distribution and they go out of their way to fail to mention this. A stripped down version of Debian Linux is what you get when you pay money for an otherwise free product from Corel. I think we have all had enough of Cowpland's song and dance routine. Should Cowpland be replaced? No, I don't really think so. He has taken a company with little or know value and kept it hanging on by a hair, quarter after quarter. I wonder if any of us could have taken Debian's Linux, put it on a CD and convinced the public we had something to do with it other than a questionable installation script? I really doubt it and for that Cowpland is to be congratulated -- unless of course you're one of those weak-minded folk who thinks honesty and integrity actually have value, like me.