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Xandros nears first release: set to announce at LinuxWorld (DesktopLinux)
Here's an
interview with Xandros president Michael Bego and Dr. Frederick
Berenstein, co-chairman of Linux Global Partners (the financial backer of
Xandros), on DesktopLinux.com. "Bego said . . . 'Xandros 1.0 will
appear in late September or early October. Our beta users say Beta 2 was
one of the best solutions out there. We currently have about 25
developers on the team . . . We expect to be among the first crop of
profitable Linux companies . . . Mandrake is more oriented toward
hobbyist users. Our emphasis is on one-button control, and the creation
of a quality Linux product that corporations won't have difficulty
introducing into their environment. Lycoris is heading in a great
direction, but they're primarily packaging Open Source
components. Between Xandros and Corel, we've invested $32 million above
and beyond that, and it shows'..."
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