"How did Xandros start? What's its history?
"Rick Berenstein: Linux Global Partners, a NYC investment group, originally planned to invest in Linux companies which were developing applications or technologies that we felt would be essential pieces of a viable alternative to Microsoft Windows. We planned eventually to do a joint venture with one of the existing Linux distros and, in fact, started just such talks with Corel. But along the way Corel decided to divest itself of its Linux Business Division and we took it over, along with most of the development staff, and named the new company Xandros..."
