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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.

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

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



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