Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 16:02:52 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Corel announces free ISP for Linux, Windows, Mac; NOT BSD. Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000531155648.00b4bf00@localhost>
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[The following press release just came from Corel. BSD users should urge Corel to support the BSDs as well as Windows, the Mac, and Linux. -BG] Corel and Spinway to Provide Free Internet Access to Corel Customers Ottawa, Canada May 31, 2000 Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CORL, TSE: COR) and Spinway, Inc. (www.spinway.com), have signed a letter of intent to offer Corel customers free Internet access on the Linux®, Windows® or Macintosh® platforms. Corel and Spinway, a leading provider of co-branded, free dial-up Internet access and premium online advertising technology solutions, intend to offer free multi-platform ISP service to consumers through Corel® LINUX® OS and Corel’s family of Web sites including: www.Corel.com, www.linux.corel.com and www.CorelCity.com. The Corel-branded free ISP will also offer an extensive set of online content and services via the Corel portal site, www.CorelCity.com, including free E-mail, file storage, creativity tools, news, links and shopping. Corel LINUX OS will include a CD of the free ISP service, specifically designed for Corel LINUX OS. “The Linux community is an extremely fast growing consumer market,” said Danny Robinson, president and CEO of Spinway. “Linux users tout the operating system’s ease of use, which is a key differentiator for Spinway’s service as well, helping lead to one of the lowest customer churn rates in the industry.” “By offering a free ISP service, we will provide the type of technologically advanced virtual Internet service that our customers demand,” said Derek J. Burney, executive vice-president, engineering and chief technology officer of Corel Corporation. “Not only is the service free, but there are no streamed advertisements that impact the consumer’s Internet experience.” The Internet advertising network from Spinway avoids the most common consumer issues that often occur in other free ISP services advertisements that dramatically slow down performance, low quality customer support and lack of subscriber privacy. - 30 - About Corel Corel Corporation is an internationally recognized developer of award-winning business productivity, graphics and operating system solutions on the Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, Macintosh® and Java™ platforms. Corel also develops market-leading, Web-based solutions including applications, contents, e-commerce and online services. For access to these services and more information go to www.corel.com or www.corelcity.com. Corel is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. Corel’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR. About Spinway, Inc. Incorporated in January 1999 Spinway, Inc. (www.spinway.com) is enabling Internet advertising to live up to its potential as the most powerful medium in the advertising industry. Spinway is rapidly establishing its advertising network by partnering with offline brand-leaders to co-brand their free ISP services. Within the last five months Spinway has obtained over 2.6 million subscribers while maintaining one of the lowest churn rates in the industry. Spinway offers advertisers a new approach to online advertising that uniquely targets consumers by demographics, psychographics, geography and keyword. Spinway’s proprietary advertising technology tracks advertising impressions and enables full motion video ads to run while consumers are connecting to the service without any performance impact. Spinway does not sell its subscribers’ personal information to advertisers. A sampling of partners include BlueLight.com (NSYE: KM) from Kmart; OurHouse.com the Internet’s premier destination for home solutions, partnered with Ace Hardware; NBCi (Nasdaq: NBCI), a branded global integrated media company; and CollegeClub.com, the leading College Internet community. This press release contains statements that are forward looking as that term is defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results will differ due to factors such as shifts in customer demand, product shipment schedules, product mix, competitive products and pricing, technological shifts and other variables. Readers are referred to Corel’s most recent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Corel 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. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Corel Press Contact: Janet Chen (613) 728-0826 ext. 1285 janetch@corel.com Spinway Press Contacts: Susan Hense (650) 292-1627 susan@corp.spinway.com Michelle Beckstrom Price Public Relations (650) 829-5800 mbeckstrom@pricepr.com -- Janet Chen Communications Manager WordPerfect Suites Corel Corporation 1600 Carling Ave. Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R7 ph: (613) 728-0826 x1285 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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