Linux.com: Xandros Layoffs? Just Staffing 'Adjustments'

"Xandros, a distributor of Linux desktop and server operating systems, caught at least five of its employees by surprise last week by suddenly terminating their employment without warning. While CEO Andreas Typaldos says the move is simply an 'in-flight adjustment,' at least one former employee questions that statement.

"Xenia von Wedel Rosen, a public relations representative for Xandros, was quoted as saying that five employees of the company's marketing department had been terminated recently as part of a reorganization process. Typaldos tells NewsForge, however, that among the employees let go were two Web site developers, an event coordinator, one member of the channel development department, and a recently hired member of the sales support staff..."

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