Corel President and CEO Derek Burney Honored with Annual MacDirectory Ten Award.Business Editors Macworld San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden 2002 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2002 Corel Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CORL CORL Corel Corporation (stock symbol) CORL Coalition of Reef Lovers CORL capital outlay revenue limit CORL change-orientated reflective listening (psychotherapy) CORL Central Ontario Ringette League )(TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COR.) is pleased to announce that Derek Burney, Corel president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , has been recognized by MacDirectory as one of the most influential people in the Macintosh(R) community in 2001. The MacDirectory Ten is an annual listing of top influencers in the Mac(R) industry, as chosen by the publication's staff and readers. Past winners include Macromedia CEO Rob Burgess, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen, and Apple II creator Steve Wozniak. "I'm honored to be recognized by MacDirectory and its readers with this prestigious award," said Derek Burney, president and CEO of Corel Corporation. "One of our primary goals is to reach out to Mac customers with products that are innovative, interesting and that speak to their specific workflow requirements. I'm very proud of the leadership role that Corel has taken in delivering seven native OS X graphics applications. To be included as one of the MacDirectory Ten is a gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. endorsement of our efforts and Corel's dedication to the Mac platform." "Vision or `Thinking Different,' was considered the most important of all virtues when we chose this year's winners and Derek Burney personifies these qualities," said Ron Mwangaguhunga, Senior Editor, MacDirectory. "Throughout the year Derek Burney and Corel presented exemplary software for Mac OS X. Corel's `Summer of the Mac' campaign was widely seen as successful across the board. By September, there really was no question in our minds that Derek was going to be included in the MacDirectory Ten." This is the second annual listing of the MacDirectory Ten. Each of the recipients will be profiled in MacDirectory's Winter 2002 edition, scheduled to hit newsstands on January 15, 2002. Corel Corporation Corel Corporation provides its customers with the creative tools they need to unleash their imaginations. With its heritage of software innovation and a solid franchise of loyal customers worldwide, Corel has earned its reputation as an internationally recognized developer of award-winning graphics and business productivity applications on the Windows(R), Macintosh(R), Linux(R) and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) platforms. Corel will continue to expand its support of the Web, delivering the Internet's versatility to customers through exciting Web-based applications, content and services. Corel will also be developing applications for Microsoft's .NET platform as part of its commitment to provide customers with a full range of applications and services over the Internet. With its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel continues to be one of Silicon Valley North's most exciting and influential software companies. Corel's common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol COR. For more information on Corel Corporation, please visit. (c) 2002 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation in Canada the United States and/or other countries. All other product, font, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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