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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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.