:CRN: Red Hat Linux 8.1 To Ship in April, Corporate Desktop Due In Late 2003
CRN: Red Hat Linux 8.1 To Ship in April, Corporate Desktop Due In Late 2003 Jan 10, 2003, 19 :00 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (12425 reads) (Other stories by Paula Rooney)
"Linux software vendor Red Hat plans to fortify its desktop Linux lineup by shipping Red Hat Linux 8.1 in April, a 32-bit technical workstation this quarter and a full-fledged corporate desktop in the next six to 12 months, the company confirmed.
"While the company plans to continue to position its Red Hat Linux 8.0 as a consumer-oriented product, it is gearing up for a corporate desktop in late 2003, said Mark De Visser, Red Hat's chief marketing officer.
"'What you see in [Red Hat] 8.1 is how we are investing in the technology required to get to the corporate desktop space,' said De Visser, noting that the release, code-named Phoebe, incorporates enhancements to the new BlueCurve GUI, and that the corporate edition later this year will offer an e-mail client that can access Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes. 'These are all part of a family of products that will expand over time and address desktops and portals,' he said..."
