Corel Corporation <company> A software publisher best known for the {CorelDraw} {application}. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a {systems integration} company. In January 1989, however they entered the software publishing market with the introduction of CorelDraw. Corel became the second largest maker of personal {productivity software} in January 1996 when they purchased the {WordPerfect} family of software from {Novell, Inc.}. (http://corel.com/). (1997-03-12)