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To: Scott Volmar who wrote (3348)	10/29/1997 9:21:00 PM
From: Tommy D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9798

Good post Scott. If the reports in the Press was anywhere near accurate, the behavour of the CEO, Cowpland is inexcusable. There have been a number of problems in this Company the last few months and rather than focusing on solving the problems and showing a willingness to get down to business, there seems to be more emphasis on glitz and a spouse. Very, very unprofessional. A better message would have been to cancel the 'gala' and make new product announcements in a more conventional fashion. The management has to deliver a message to the market that until the company becomes profitable, there is no excess spending. This mess on Monday probably delivered the exact opposite message. I still believe there is a profit in this stock but this 'gala' and the way it was handled is tough to take. The Directors and the executives have to ask, who is more important, the executives or the shareholders. In this case, I am getting worried as to what their answer would be. Sorry to babble. Regards.

To: Scott Volmar who wrote (3348)	10/30/1997 12:55:00 PM
From: Alomex	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9798

Dr. Cowpland continues to amaze me, at one time I had a great deal of respect for him. I can't imagine using a spouse like that. While I tend to think that a person's private life is their own business, I think Cowpland's choice of wife, dress, cars and lifestyle show an amazing lack of judgement. This does reflect upon badly upon him as a businessman. I also find it extremely offensive that a party could cost a million dollars. Burning a million dollars in a "gala" is just a couple of notches higher over wiping your ass with hundred dollar bills.

To: Scott Volmar who wrote (3348)	10/30/1997 1:26:00 PM
From: Mr. Bean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9798

Scott, I learned years ago everyones level of tolerence is different and can be classed in several levels. I happen to be the type and would rate in the class of fairly tolerent to criticism and language. I apologise if the words I chose to describe the pictures were not within your level of tolerence. Sometimes the words I use are more direct than some would like them to be. I enjoy when more educated types use fancy descriptives to obtain the same mental image. I honestly felt that using the words "breasts" "nipples" and "ass" would be a direct form of communicating the body parts that were involved. My response was to revbill, who is geographically farther away from Ottawa than Florida is. What I find amazing about this whole situation, and we can parallel this to any situation is; When Corel was in its better days, the 3 million spent on a gala, Mikes cars, expensive home, personal finances and his wife were glorified and used as a sign of sucess (and mid life crisis). Now that Corel is not in its better days, we rip apart, criticise and judge every move Mike does. Makes me wonder..... BTW when did you set the rules governing tolerence? My suggestion to you is keep up the good analysis. We are on the WWW and must learn that the bounds and limits of commuication are open and acceptance is more a neccesity than a rule. I would have accepted your repulsion to my post twenty years ago. Mr. Bean