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The lost world of the Xandros desktop (ITPro)
There is a
lengthy article on the history and status of Xandros on ITPro.
"Xandros tried to imprint a traditional software sales model on
GNU/Linux, which hasn't really worked, despite the cost and efficiency
advantages of GNU/Linux for commercial users, so the company has looked
instead towards the mobile and netbook market, where it has found some
success."
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The lost world of the Xandros desktop (ITPro) Posted Apr 26, 2010 14:40 UTC (Mon) by apolinsky (subscriber, #19556) [Link]
Xandros was an interesting distribution. Years ago, when my wife's Windows 98 based computer was trashed by a Microsoft 'update' I purchased Corel Linux deluxe for it. I was running Debian Potato on one of my machines at that time. Over the years, when Corel left the market, I purchased successive versions of Xandros for that machine. It became apparent, several years ago, that even though some very competent people worked at Xandros, they would abandon the home market. I seem to recall I came to that conclusion when they signed the expeditious Microsoft agreement. I don't think they have any future.
Alan
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