I don't think they "own" Corel, however they did buy a HUGE chunk of Corel
stock recently. But it was non-voting stock.
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Mark
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On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 chronos had this to say!
> What did you say about the evil empire owning Corel ? Is this true ?
> Chronos.
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> > hmmmm...sounds a vicious rumor based on superstition and hot air since
> > most if not all of windows is written VB these days and leaves little or
> > no room for real coding.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> >
> > / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat
> > * in order to get the rats up from below decks
> > * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
> > *
> > * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496
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> >
> > On Mon, 27 Nov 2000 Kelly, Christopher had this to say!
> >
> > > I read an article that said that they might be using Linux code to fix all
> > > the bugs that Winblows has...
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 9:13 AM
> > > To: patrick
> > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [newbie] gates gets linux
> > >
> > >
> > > Ironicly they now own a Linux OS. They bought Corel did they not? :)
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > u know this is sound rather silly but i have
> > > > thinking this for awhile about microsoft.
> > > > are they using linux code ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Love is all u need
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike Freeman
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Embrace the Penguin. Give Bill the cold shoulder!
> > > Linux Registered User #190770 (10/02/2000)
> > >
> > >
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