Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:45:53 -0500
From: Judith O'Brien <juditho@corel.ca>
Subject: Corel and LinuxForce provide end-to-end Linux service


Corel Acquires Ownership Stake In Professional Service Group, LinuxForce
Inc.
Strategic investment gives Corel stellar support capability for its
Linux® offerings

Ottawa, Canada—December 22, 1999—Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CORL, TSE:
COR) today announced that it has acquired an ownership stake in
LinuxForce Inc., of Philadelphia. Corel has acquired one third of
LinuxForce, with a three-year option to increase the ownership position
to two-thirds.

LinuxForce is a company organized to deliver a full-range of technical
services and support for Linux. This strategic investment will allow
Corel to deliver end-to-end Linux® solutions by combining Corel's Linux
product lines with a comprehensive technical and professional services
portfolio.

Corel recently released its Corel® LINUX® OS desktop operating system
and in just three weeks, more than 100,000 downloads were made from
CNET's download.com site, where it remains the most popular Linux
download. The shrinkwrap versions of Corel LINUX OS will be on store
shelves this week. Corel is also currently developing office and
graphics suites for Linux. Corel® WordPerfect® 8 for Linux® has been
hugely successful as a download, and Corel's WordPerfect Office for
Linux suite will be available in early 2000. The CorelDRAW® graphics
suite for Linux will be available in the summer of 2000.

"LinuxForce is a Linux services company that specializes in supporting
the Debian Linux distribution and since Corel LINUX OS is also
Debian-based, Corel and LinuxForce is a powerful one-two Linux punch.,"
said Dr. Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of
Corel Corporation. "Teaming up with LinuxForce means that we will be
able to easily offer professional services for Linux to assist our
customers in the deployment and integration of our Linux software."

Corel LINUX OS was also recently named CNET's "Editor's Choice" as the
best of seven major Linux distributions with the highest score of nine
out of 10. CNET's editors identified Corel LINUX OS as "your best option
if you want to run Linux as a workstation."

LinuxForce currently provides a full-range of service and support
options for the growing number of businesses that are switching to the
Linux system for critical areas of operations that require robust,
stable characteristics.

"This partnership is a tremendous opportunity for LinuxForce because it
will allow us to work with a company that is developing major
advancements for Linux ," said Charles B. Fleming, president and chief
executive officer of LinuxForce Inc. "Our goal with Corel is to provide
enterprises with a Linux experience that is more dependable, less-costly
and maintainable at quality levels not possible with other operating
systems that have been the norm until now."

To obtain information on Corel's Linux offerings, please contact the
Corel Professional Services Team at 1-877-864-7446 or email
Proservices@corel.com.

For more information about LinuxForce refer to
http://www.LinuxForce2000.com (www.LinuxForce.net) or call the corporate
offices at 1-610-284-5580.

Further details about this deal will not be disclosed.