Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 10:48:43 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: FYI: Corel announces formation of Linux Advisory Council Message-ID: <4.2.0.56.19990608104752.046f36c0@localhost>
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>Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 12:08:54 -0400 >From: "Judith O'Brien" <juditho@corel.ca> >For Immediate Release > >Corel Linux Advisory Council Brings Leaders of the Open Source and >Linux Community Together > >Key Linux=AE leaders come together in June to further the adoption of >Linux >in the PC world > >Ottawa, Canada- June 8, 1999- Recognizing the increased interest in >Linux=AE, >Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: COSFF, TSE: COS) has formed the Corel Linux >Advisory Council, a forum that will allow leaders from the open source >and >commercial Linux world to come together and discuss the challenges and >opportunities facing Linux. > >The first meeting of the Corel Linux Advisory Council will take place on > >June 14 and 15, 1999, in Ottawa. This event is a unique opportunity for >leaders in the Linux community to meet and discuss ways to ensure the >success of the operating system (OS), and to accelerate the development >of >the OS and its applications. The council will serve as a focal point of >communications for leaders in the Linux world so that they can share >ideas >and meet the needs of the Linux community. > >"Avenues through which the open source community and commercial vendors >can >come together to discuss how to best move Linux forward in the >enterprise >are greatly needed," said Sandra Steere Potter, Senior Analyst, Linux >Services, The Aberdeen Group, Inc. "Efforts such as Corel's are to be >applauded. I hope to see many vendors and members of the open source >community try this new avenue out." > >The Corel Linux Advisory Council will attempt to address issues and >propose >solutions to create an environment which helps Windows=AE operating system > >vendors to understand the possibilities of Linux, and to assist in the >understanding and the role of commercial applications in the Linux >community. The forum will also provide a framework for the continued >growth >and development of Linux, and provide a unified commercial voice in >association with open source partners. In addition, the forum will >provide >a central voice for the open source community. > >"We have seen how the Linux movement works and it's been very >successful," >said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of >Corel >Corporation. "We want to follow the ideology of the Linux community, and > >ensure that the core principles of Linux are kept alive in the >commercial >environment. We also want to continue the growth of Linux by bringing it >to >new markets in the PC world." > >For an hour-long live audiocast of an interview of Corel Linux Advisory >Council members and Corel executives, please visit [www.zdnet.com] or >[www.corel.com], at 3:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, June 15, 1999. > >Members of the Corel Linux Advisory Council include: > >- Michael Cowpland, President and CEO, Corel Corporation >- Linus Torvalds, Founder of the Linux Operating System >- Jon Hall, Executive Director, Linux International >- Walt Keller, President and CEO, GraphOn >- Dave Sifry, CTO and co-founder, Linuxcare, Inc. >- Darren Benham, Project Secretary, The Debian Project >- Alexandre Julliard, The Wine Project >- Scott McNeil, President and CEO, Zenguin, Inc. >- Michael Mansfield, President, Rebel.com >- Ransom H. Love, President and CEO, Caldera Systems Inc. >- Christopher J. Beard, Founder and President, The Puffin Group >- Alex DeVries, Vice President Engineering, The Puffin Group >- Cristian Tiberna, K Desktop Environment (KDE) >- Havoc Pennington, GNOME >- Arvind Parthasarathi, Business Development Manager (Linux), >Oracle >- Dan Quinlan, Linux Standards Base >- David Wong, President and CEO, 3D Micro Computers >- Alex Daly, President and CEO, Cygnus Solutions >- Kevin Phillips, Cygnus Solutions >- Bob Young, President and CEO, Red Hat >- Larry Augustin, VA Linux Systems Inc. >- David Ames, Philips > >For more information on Corel Linux Advisory Council members or on Corel > >Linux initiatives, please visit Corel's Linux Users Network Community >Web >site at [linux.corel.com]. > >Corel Corporation >Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of >award-winning graphics and business productivity applications. >Development >of market-leading products such as the CorelDRAW=AE line of graphics >applications and the Corel=AE WordPerfect=AE Suite of business tools is >continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and >academic markets. Committed to performance, compatibility, value and >open >standards, Corel develops products for the Windows=AE, Macintosh=AE, UNIX= =AE, >Linux=AE and Java(tm) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ > >Stock Market under the symbol COSFF and on the Toronto Stock Exchange >under the symbol COS. For more information visit Corel's Web site at >www.corel.com. > >-30- > >Corel, WordPerfect, CorelDRAW and the Go Further logo are trademarks or >registered trademarks of Corel Corporation or Corel Corporation Limited. > >Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. UNIX is a registered >trademark of The Open Group. All other product and company names are >trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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