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3 unusual facts about Michael Cowpland


Michael Cowpland

In 1996, he offered a challenge to Microsoft with a move into productivity software, acquiring WordPerfect from Novell for $158 million.

At first, the company sold DTP workstations, but success did not arrive until the launch of the graphics software CorelDRAW in 1989.

However this was unsuccessful as many Microsoft managed to get many new computers loaded with Microsoft Word along with Windows.



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