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To: Leo Mitkievicz who wrote (809)	10/17/1998 7:53:00 AM
From: A. Reader	Respond to of 1094

Still more on VBA: ...Corel is very specific about the major reasons for deciding to support the Microsoft programming language in its applications. "Beyond the fact that this gives programmers a nice integrated development environment, VBA has built a big following among software developers," said Derek Burney, senior vice president of engineering at Corel. techweb.com

To: Leo Mitkievicz who wrote (809)	10/31/1998 11:23:00 AM
From: Leo Mitkievicz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1094

Corel wins case against Ottawa preserved here for Personal Use only canoe.ca Saturday, October 31, 1998 Corel wins case against Ottawa Microsoft favoured By JILL VARDY The Financial Post OTTAWA -- Corel Corp. has won a lawsuit against a federal government department it says stacked the deck in favour of Microsoft Corp. when buying software. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, which oversees government procurement, ruled this week Public Works & Government Services Canada must give Corel another shot at the contract, or pay the Ottawa company damages for lost business. The latter is the more likely, said Corel lawyer Ron Lunau, because GE Capital had already won the contract with Microsoft software. The dispute began on June 12, when Corel filed a complaint against Revenue Canada and Public Works & Government Services. Another was filed July 14. "There were just a number of disincentives built into the request for proposals that favoured a Microsoft bid," Mr. Lunau said. For instance, Revenue Canada had already adopted Microsoft as the department standard. Non-Microsoft bids had to include a price for file conversion and retraining staff, as well as a $2-million performance bond.<< thanks to Phil for the early warning lm