SearchEnterpriseLinux: Sizing Up the Linux Desktop Market, Part 2 | Linux Today

SearchEnterpriseLinux: Sizing Up the Linux Desktop Market, Part 2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 26, 2005

We’ve talked about the leading commercial vendors Red
Hat and Novell. What about other lesser known Linux desktop
providers. Who should folks keep an eye on?

Tony Iams: There are up-and-comers that are
getting a lot of attention. One is Xandros, which is a business
desktop, and they [Xandros Inc.] position themselves as being
optimized for use in traditional [business environments]. They’re
basically giving you all of the same things that you would expect
on a Windows desktop. A business desktop is sort of the niche that
they’re trying to carve…”


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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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