CXOtoday: ELX Plans To Sell 100,000 Linux Desktops This Year | Linux Today

CXOtoday: ELX Plans To Sell 100,000 Linux Desktops This Year

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 18, 2004

“Another penguin vendor is turning bullish on the Indian market.
Hyderabad-based ELX Linux Pvt. Ltd. has aggressive plans for
selling its Linux desktop OS–BizDesk 4.0–in the country, doubling
its previous target of 50,000 copies to a new highpoint of
100,000.

“Speaking to CXOtoday, Manojit Majumdar, an ex-SCO evangelist
now heading the sales & marketing at ELX India, said,
‘Analyzing the tremendous potential that the Linux desktop market
offers, we have increased our initial target. We now plan to sell
100,000 copies of BizDesk 4.0 by the end of this financial
year…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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