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Re: [PLUG] Corel will be partly owned by MS after Inprise merger...
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Don't they also own part of LinuxForce2000? Corel just bought part of
LinuxForce2k didnt' they? So, MS owns part of LinuxForce2000?
Hmm...must be strange for them owning part of their competitors...oh wait,
the did that to help keep Apple afloat...
k
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Bill Jonas wrote:
> A little something I picked up on Slashdot... an article entitled
> "Strange Bedfellows: Microsoft will own 4% of Corel/Inprise"
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> http://AboutLinux.com/art_mslinux_d.html
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> The upshot of this is that last June MS payed Inprise $100 million to
> license some of their software, and an additional $25 million to
> purchase stock.
>
> ObLinux: In case you've been under a rock, Corel has released a Linux
> distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux which they're calling "Corel
> Linux OS." ;)
>
> Certainly an interesting turn of events...
>
> Bill
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