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[linux-team] FWD : Strategic Alliance Between Corel, KDE and Debian



Nils Lohner wrote:

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> Debian Project
> http://www.debian.org/
> Strategic Alliance Between Corel, KDE and Debian
> April 21, 1999
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>
> [Original text available at <http://www.corel.com/news/1999/april/april_21_19
> 99.htm>]
>
> >> News
>
> Strategic Alliance Between Corel, KDE and Debian to Advance Development of a
> new Linux® Distribution Corel on track to deliver easy-to-use Linux GUI and
> OS to consumers and OEMs this fall
>
> Ottawa, Canada - April 21, 1999 - Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: COSFF, TSE:
> COS) today announced an alliance with two major Open Source developer
> communities to advance the development of its proposed Linux® distribution;
> a user-friendly Linux installation and graphical user interface (GUI) for
> the desktop PC.
>
> Corel and the K Desktop Environment (KDE) Project will be working together
> to enhance the KDE GUI for inclusion in the upcoming Corel version of Linux,
> aimed for the desktop user.

La c'est que Corel et que KDE, Debian il pue !

> "Corel has chosen to work with KDE as our preferred desktop interface
> because we believe its development is further ahead than other offerings at
> this time," said Derek Burney, Corel's executive vice president of

KDE est le plus avance, mais il parle pas du plus evolue !

> engineering. "KDE can easily be configured to offer a strong Windows-like
> look and feel, which we see as being very important to our strategy of
> making all aspects of work in a Linux environment compatible with
> present-day Windows offerings.

Une nouvelle API a KDE, qui serait chargee de planter linux ?
Quel realisme ! M$ aussi vend un produit fort similaire a W95, c'est W98 !

> "Corel will also be releasing all its improvements and development on open
> source software to the Open Source community," said Mr. Burney. "The
> developers in that community are the strength of Linux, and with our recent
> work and contributions to the WINE project, Corel strongly supports their
> efforts."
>
> "Our project's continuous dedication to create an attractive, stable and
> functional desktop environment and Corel's experience in building
> state-of-the-art graphical interfaces will help offer users an even better
> experience with the award-winning KDE," said Cristian Tibirna, KDE's
> representative in Canada. "We're all very excited about the new prospects."
>
> Corel will also build its desktop Linux offering around the Debian GNU/Linux
> distribution, which already has one of the largest installed bases in the
> Linux community, and is known for its stability and security.

Ca ca veux juste dire que debian sera encore meilleur, et proposera les
package de KDE.

> "Debian has already made significant strides toward Linux on the desktop, so
> this is a natural partnership," said Erich Forler, Corel's Linux product
> manager. "The Linux community has also recognized that Debian's Linux
> distribution is built around extremely clean code, and their commitment to
> documentation within their code, and for the applications, makes Open Source
> development more efficient and organized."
>
> "I am very happy to see Corel taking this step into the Open Source world
> and cooperating with non-commercial organizations such as Debian and KDE,"
> said Wichert Akkerman, Debian's project leader. "By combining Debian's
> strengths, which include having a large number of developers, a very open
> development model and a public bug tracking system, with the experience
> Corel has with making office and desktop products, I think we will be able
> to produce an outstanding system with the best of both worlds."

Corel deviendra juste un "package Maintainer de plus" de Debian !
Et pas un mot sur un effort de Debian en direction de KDE.

> With a recent strategic alliance with Cygnus, which will provide Cygnus
> GNUPro software technology to enable Corel to move its market-leading
> productivity applications to Linux, Corel is firmly on track to deliver its
> proposed Linux distribution to the market by the fall. This will be in
> advance of its WordPerfect® Office 2000 for Linux productivity suite and
> CorelDRAW® 9 for Linux graphics application in the fourth quarter and
> beginning of 2000 respectively.
>
> The strength and popularity of Linux is growing steadily, everyday.
> International Data Corporation (IDC) recently announced that through 2003,
> total Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the total shipments
> of all other IDC covered client or server operating environments. IDC
> estimates that Linux commercial shipments will increase at a compound annual
> growth rate (CAGR) of 25% from 1999 through 2003, compared with a 10% CAGR
> for all other client operating environments combined and a 12% CAGR for all
> other server operating environments combined.
>
> >> 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® line of graphics
> applications and the Corel® WordPerfect® 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®, Macintosh®, UNIX®,
> Linux® 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.
>
> >> KDE Information
>
> The K Desktop Environment is a non-commercial, international, Internet-based
> project which develops the freely-available graphical desktop environment
> for the UNIX® and Linux® platforms. The completely new Internet-enabled
> desktop, incorporating a large suite of applications for UNIX workstations,
> currently supports more than 30 languages. The strength of this exceptional
> environment lies in the interoperability of its components and the
> functionality of its applications. For more information about KDE and its
> technology, please visit the web site at [www.kde.org], or contact
> press@kde.org.
>
> >> Debian GNU/Linux
>
> Debian GNU/Linux is a free, or Open Source, operating system (OS) for your
> computer. Debian is a project of Software in the Public Interest Inc. (SPI).
> SPI is a non-profit organization which was founded to help organizations
> develop and distribute open hardware and software. SPI encourages
> programmers to use the GNU General Public License or other licenses that
> allow free redistribution of software, and hardware developers to distribute
> documentation that will allow device drivers to be written for their
> product. Open Source is a trademark of SPI. Open Source is managed by the
> Open Source Initiative, which manages the [www.opensource.org] resources, to
> develop branding programs attractive to software customers and producers,
> and to advance the cause of Open Source software. For more information about
> Debian and its technology, please contact press@debian.org, or visit its web
> site at http://www.debian.org/
>
> Corel, Corel Print House 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.
>
> Debian is a registered trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
>
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> Nils Lohner                             E-Mail: lohner@debian.org
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