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Date:      Tue, 12 May 1998 13:14:31 +0100 (BST)
From:      Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Corel: Time for some advocacy
Message-ID:  <199805121214.NAA06286@hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199805112037.OAA07877@lariat.lariat.org>
References:  <199805112037.OAA07877@lariat.lariat.org>

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Brett Glass said:
>Well, Corel is making a big to-do about porting its software to Linux. If
>it does so without at least giving lip service to FreeBSD, you'll see a big
>tilt in the free software world away from the *BSDs in general. Time to
>call Michael Cowpland, the CEO, and start asking for a FreeBSD port! Here's
>the latest article I've seen on Corel's plans.
>
>http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,21986,00.html
>
>--Brett Glass

Corel's announcement of the WordPerfect Linux port is at:

http://www.corel.com/news/1998/may/linux.htm

I sent a message to their 'product feedback' section asking about support
for the various *BSDs; perhaps someone more officially connected with the
project could contact their press people and at least let them know that we
exist.

	Scott.

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