LinuxInsider: Government Deal Brings ELX Closer to 100,000-Seat Goal | Linux Today

LinuxInsider: Government Deal Brings ELX Closer to 100,000-Seat Goal

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 23, 2004

“With the news of its first big government deal, Indian Linux
vendor ELX has come a bit closer to meeting its sales goal of
100,000 seats of its desktop Linux product BizDesk 4.0 this
financial year.

“‘An Indian state court project has asked vendors to supply 600
PCs with ELX Biz Desk 4.0 preloaded in it. The total requirement in
this financial year (ending March 2005) is 3,000 new machines and
3,000 copies [of the OS],’ ELX Marketing Director Majojit Majumdar
told LinuxInsider…”

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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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