| Linux growth bitter pill for Corel [The Star - Toronto] |
Aug. 05, 2002
Tyler Hamilton of the The Star (Toronto) examines the growth of Linux on the desktop. Hamilton takes a look at Xandros, the Ottawa-based company that bought Corel Linux and is set to release a version targeted to the average consumer user shortly . . .
" . . . So what ever happened to Corel Linux OS? Well, the operating system was purchased by Ottawa-based Xandros Corp., itself the creation of New York venture capitalist Linux Global Partners. In the deal, Corel got a 5 per cent stake in Xandros and a 2 per cent stake in Linux Global."
"Xandros was originally expected to release its own version of Linux Desktop in May, but the company delayed the launch because it wanted to make the interface easier and more trouble-free for the average consumer. The complexity of Linux has been cited as one of the main barriers to the mainstream acceptance of a desktop product. Xandros wanted to get it right before, not after it was unleashed to the market . . . "
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