ZDNet: Turbolinux Future Uncertain

"On 20 August 2002, Turbolinux announced that SRA, a software and system integration firm with annual revenue of about $200 million (some from Linux), has agreed to buy its Linux distribution business.

"It will become a division of SRA with headquarters in Tokyo. The vendors did not disclose the terms of the deal.

"First take: The deal makes sense for Turbolinux, which didn't have much success, especially in the United States, and needed more stable financial backing..."

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