"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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Member since:2006-08-01
"been in IT for 23 yeas and never heard Xandros mean nothing...."
No, it does mean something. Just because a lot of us are 20 something and 30 something tech geeks who know about every Linux ever made doesn't matter. What matters it that the people who have the decision making power know their options. Having an IT manager who's heard of a product and having one who never heard of it makes a huge difference. Especially to companies like Xandros who could have maybe sold a few thousand more copies if they would have done the right advertising.
As for DrillSgt's response to my comment: When you live and work in Maine where there's no CompUSA or any other tech store within an hours drive, then you won't be seeing many copies of Xandros floating around in your day to day life.
I totally agree that to people that are borderline geeks and beyond, knowing of a company like Xandros is nothing special. But these companies need to find better ways of doing advertising.
Member since:2005-12-02
"My boss who's been in IT for 23 years, and is the decision maker for all things IT within our company in North America, has never even heard of Xandros."
He should read some industry publications then, or take a walk through CompUSA once in awhile to see what is out there. Xandros is the only Linux besides Redhat that advertises in major IT publications. I'll direct you to one once I can find the ad I remember 
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2006-08-01
Well, Xandros never really gave me the impression that they were very involved with the rest of the Linux community. That and the fact that you pretty much have to look for them. My boss who's been in IT for 23 years, and is the decision maker for all things IT within our company in North America, has never even heard of Xandros. I think that kinda says something about how well they get they're name out there. Even though they may be a commercial Linux the same rules apply as the regular community driven projects. If a distro has a lot of face time with its user and developer base then it will thrive; however, if nobody even know the system exists then how well could it possibly do? Hell, the only reason I know as much about Xandros as I do is because of OSNews.com
Edited 2006-12-12 12:50