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Old 07-07-2008, 12:10 PM   #1
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LXer: Who Wins As Linux Market Consolidates?


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As Xandros digests Linspire, what does the deal mean to Linux market leaders like Red Hat, Novell and Ubuntu â?? and would-be Linux customers? Here are some clues from The VAR Guy.

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Old 07-07-2008, 12:41 PM   #2
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Give me a break. One very small company acquires another very small company. It means exactly squat for Linux. Other than the use of a Xandros derivative on the EeePC, neither of these companies has done anything particularly interesting. Or effective. Face it, the Linux market simply isn't going to notice this consolidation for the simple reason that neither participants were really players to begin with.
 
Old 07-07-2008, 12:44 PM   #3
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as well, Ubuntu isn't a company
 
  


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