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List:       wine-devel
Subject:    WineHQ to be Hosted by Corel
From:       Douglas Ridgway <ridgway () winehq ! com>
Date:       2000-05-30 13:05:35
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                      For Immediate Release

                  WineHQ to be Hosted by Corel
                                 
May 30, 2000   WineHQ, www.winehq.com, a Web site which provides information about
using and developing Wine technology, today announced Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:
CORL, TSE: COR) will become its new host. 

Wine is an open source project aimed at creating an environment that will allow \
Windows® applications to run directly on non-Windows operating systems, including \
Linux®. The Wine project, initiated by Bob Amstadt in 1993 and maintained by \
Alexander Julliard since 1994, has grown to over 540,000 lines of code written by \
more than 300 developers worldwide.

"WineHQ is more than just a Web site. It's the center of a community. I wanted to \
work with people who were already a part of that community and who understand the \
code," said Douglas Ridgway, founder and maintainer of WineHQ. "WineHQ needs to go \
further to help Wine achieve its full potential. I investigated a number of options \
and decided on Corel, not only for its higher bandwidth and greater resources, but \
more importantly because of its commitment to WINE."

"Corel has been a major contributor to Wine development, and I'm happy to see them \
taking on this role. With their help, we will be able to take WineHQ to the next \
level," said Alexandre Julliard, leader of the Wine project.

"Corel has been working with the Wine community since late 1998. We are thrilled to \
help the Wine community by providing servers and developers to WineHQ," said Derek J. \
Burney, executive vice president of engineering and chief technology officer at Corel \
Corporation. "The Wine technology has made a huge contribution to Corel's venture \
into the Linux market and we will continue to contribute to it. However, we feel it \
is important that all decisions and direction remain in the hands of the Wine \
community. Currently, an independent board is being established, consisting of  Wine \
community members and chaired by Douglas Ridgway, to ensure community management of \
the site remains."

Corel has already gone to great lengths to demonstrate its support for the open \
source community. Earlier this year, it established an open source development \
community Web site at opensource.corel.com. The site is a central location where \
members of the development community can access code. It also serves as a discussion \
forum through the use of development mailing lists and informs visitors about Corel's \
open source projects.

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Corel Corporation
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.  
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. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other \
products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of \
their respective owners.


Corel Press Contacts:       
Janet Chen 
613-728-0826 ext.1285
janetch@corel.ca
                                           
             


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