CNET Recommends Corel LINUX OS as Top Choice: Corel LINUX Earns Highest Score as CNET ``Editor's Choice'' Linux Distribution.

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999--

Corel Corporation (Nasdaq: CORL) (TSE: COR) is pleased to announce its Corel(R) LINUX(R) OS has been named the CNET(R) "Editor's Choice" as the best of seven major Linux distributions reviewed.

"CNET's rave review of Corel LINUX is a clear indicator of Corel's innovation amongst Linux distributions," said Michael Cowpland, president and chief executive officer of Corel Corporation. "Corel LINUX is revolutionary-it offers the best all-around desktop solution for new Linux users." -0-

Linux Distribution                            CNET Rating (out of 10)
Corel LINUX OS                                           9
Red Hat 6.1 Deluxe                                       8
Caldera OpenLinux 2.3                                    8
SuSE Linux 6.2                                           7
Slackware Linux 7.0                                      6
Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r2                                   6
Linux Mandrake PowerPack 6.1                             5

In its comprehensive evaluation of seven major Linux distributions, CNET wholeheartedly recommends Corel LINUX, praising its ease-of-use, strong support, superior documentation and easy installation, which make it a first-choice package for Linux beginners. CNET states: "It's by far the best version of Linux for anyone who's never used the OS before...if you've never used Linux, head to Corel LINUX first." CNET goes on to say "Corel LINUX is still your best option if you want to run Linux as a workstation."

To date, there have been over 86,000 Corel LINUX downloads from the CNET download site (download.com). Corel continues to hold the two most popular Linux downloads on the CNET site: Corel LINUX OS followed by WordPerfect 8 for Linux Personal Edition. Both Corel LINUX and WordPerfect 8 for Linux Personal Edition are more popular individually than Red Hat Linux and StarOffice Personal Edition for Linux downloads combined.

Corel LINUX OS is also available as a not-for-charge download at Corel's Linux site (linux.corel.com) and the TUCOWS Linux site (www.linuxberg.com).

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(R) line of graphics applications and the Corel(R) WordPerfect(R) Suite of business tools is continually evolving to meet the demands of the corporate, retail and academic markets. Committed to value, compatibility, choice and open standards, Corel develops products for the Windows(R), Macintosh(R), UNIX(R), Linux(R) and Java(TM) platforms. Corel's common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market(sm) under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol COR. For more information visit Corel's Web site at www.corel.com.

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