:PR Newswire: VA Linux Systems Exceeds Quarterly Sales Projections With 220% Growth
PR Newswire: VA Linux Systems Exceeds Quarterly Sales Projections With 220% Growth Aug 3, 1999, 12 :58 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (3537 reads)
"VA Linux Systems and Linux.com Maintain Growth Consistent With Increasing Popularity of the Linux Open Source-Based Operating System"
"VA Linux Systems (VA), the leading provider of Linux-based hardware, software, service and Internet solutions, today announced that sales for the second quarter of this year were up 220% over the previous quarter, exceeding the 212% growth rate for Linux published by industry analyst firm International Data Corporation. The company also announced the opening of ten North American offices."
"Growth at VA is consistent with the increased popularity of Linux, and the company also reported that it shipped more products in July 1999 than it had in all of Q2 '99. VA Linux Systems also manages the increasingly popular Linux.com website, which is widely regarded as the premier Linux Internet site. Linux.com is currently receiving more than 400,000 page views per day. The site is administered by more than 135 members of the open source community who contribute content and manage editorial functions."
"To maintain its strong growth, VA today announced that it has opened offices in numerous North American cities, including New York, Toronto, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, Irvine/Los Angeles, Orlando, Virginia, and Wilmington, North Carolina."
