Xandros adquire Linspire

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Linspire is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Xandros. The companies had been talking about a deal for some time, and they became more serious toward the end of last year, according to Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos. The acquisition, he said, will help Xandros expand in both the mobile and enterprise Linux spaces.
Custom Linux provider Xandros announced Wednesday that it has acquired Linspire , developer of the CNR software distribution facility, and the Linspire and Freespire Linux desktop operating systems.
Xandros, which also develops Linux desktop and server products along with advanced cross-platform Windows-Linux management tools, will use the combined technologies, expertise and market presence of the two companies to support its goal to becoming a one-stop Linux solutions company, officials said.
The acquisition was made to enhance Xandros' ability to provide a growing number of Linux and mobile users with one-click software delivery to update their devices. It's also intended to facilitate third-party applications development and provide access and delivery to users of applications and content from digital warehouses, according to Xandros.

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Freespire Continues


Xandros will continue to offer downloads through the digital software distribution warehouse for a variety of Linux platforms, including Freespire, which will continue to be maintained as an open source project, the company said.
Pending further planning, both product lines will be maintained, said Typaldos.
No changes are planned for products and services currently available to existing Linspire/Freespire users, he added. However, Xandros has not yet developed plans for combining desktop technologies from the two compa

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Future Vision

The acquisition will result in tighter integration between Xandros and Linspire products, according to Xandros. Integration of CNR and the Xandros Networks on Xandros and other platforms will be launched shortly.
Additional products will follow, but no changes are planned for CNR customers using Ubuntu, Red Hat, Suse and other Linux operating systems, according to Typaldos.

"Products like the Asus Eee PC have demonstrated the huge potential market for Linux-based OEM netbook solutions, and CNR will help Xandros make these platforms easy to enhance and maintain, while providing on-demand delivery of a growing number of Linux applications, utilities, games and content," said Typaldos.
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Salientei as partes mais relevantes, a meu ver
Asus EeePC foi 1 dos pontos de lançamento da Xandros, para esta compra, dando-lhe a visibilidade necessária, na minha opinião. E claro, o CNR que vinha a ter crescente aceitação.

Já agora, relembro
Some here may remember that both Xandros and Linspire signed patent protection deals with Microsoft in 2007."
 
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