A Software publiSher beSt known for the CorelDrawapplication. 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.. Start . (1997-03-12)