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To: A. Reader who wrote (689)	6/19/1998 8:13:00 AM
From: A. Reader	Respond to of 1094

.....Cowpland, on hand for the various announcements, including Wednesday's press conference with Sybase, arrived at the events brandishing some heartening figures from market survey company PC Data. The data, culled from a survey of retail stores, show that Corel's WordPerfect Suite 8 has climbed steadily in market share to hit 24.7 percent in April compared to 2.3 percent for Lotus SmartSuite and 72.9 percent for Microsoft Office. Cowpland acknowledged the figures were for stand-alone software sales in a selection of retail stores, and that data including bundled software would bring the WordPerfect share down to a fraction of the retail share. "But it's the stand-alone data that counts, because that's real money that people are spending," Cowpland told a group of IDG editors at a midweek meeting here. "With bundled software, you're just getting it for free." If Corel keeps up its current retail sales it can sell about a million copies of the suite in a year, he said. infoworld.com

To: A. Reader who wrote (689)	6/19/1998 8:22:00 AM
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June 17, 1998- Corel Corporation today announced a bundling agreement with Datagrossisten Sverige AB, owner of Data Centrum, a Swedish computer builder. Under the terms of the agreement, Datagrossisten Sverige AB will include the Swedish OEM versions of Corelr WordPerfectr Suite 8 and CorelDRAW T 7 on all computers they sell. "This agreement is another indication of our continued commitment to the international markets," said Paul King, vice president of International Sales at Corel Corporation. "We are very pleased to be enhancing our sales efforts in the European marketplace and feel agreements like this can only serve to further our efforts." corel.com datacentrum.dk