Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 12th Dec 2006 00:14 UTC, submitted by Valour
"There are several 'business', 'corporate', or 'professional' desktop operating systems on the market today, all aimed at seeping into large corporations that already use GNU/Linux on servers. It's a pretty good plan, and most of the operating systems in this arena are pretty good - not perfect, but pretty good. Xandros has had such a product for a while now, and it's always been near the top of the list in terms of features and quality. The market is now mature and the products are more competitive, though, and the product formerly known as Xandros Business Desktop, while still a good operating system, isn't keeping up with the industry's pace."
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The author says this:
"The ability to authenticate users on a Windows-controlled network seems important at first, but when you consider the environment that such a need would exist in, it looks a little unrealistic. If you're committed to Xandros on desktop machines, why wouldn't you ditch Windows entirely and go with a Xandros server?"
I can see this as being a fairly likely scenario. Xandros offers a very Windows-like experience with easy network access but without the viruses and spyware. Were I a network manager wanting to quickly halve the number of spyware calls, I'd look at Xandros.
For myself, I'd choose other distros, but for less techie colleagues, these Windows clones could be a winner.