[ossig] Lindows heads for store shelves

[Nan Phin <nplee@tm.net.my>]

     By David Becker, CNET News.com
     Wednesday, December 18 2002 9:02 AM

     Lindows, a start-up dedicated to creating an edition of Linux for average PC owners,
     released the first retail version of its software Monday.

     The company has enlisted retail partners to sell a spiffed-up version of its operating system,
     Lindows 3.0, which comes with e-mail and telephone tech support and a one-year subscription
     to the company's Click-N-Run Warehouse, a central resource for downloading open-source
     applications.

     "Expect to see Lindows OS on store shelves and in a multitude of new retail environments,"
     company founder Michael Robertson said in a statement.

     Lindows was started last year
     by Robertson, founder of
     MP3.com, and quickly gained
     attention when it was sued by
     Microsoft for alleged trademark
     infringement.

     The San Diego-based software
     company has focused on
     developing a version of the
     Linux operating system with a
     simplified user interface and
     with tools that will let the
     average PC user easily install
     and run a variety of
     open-source applications. The
     company initially pledged that
     its software would run common
     Windows software, but has
     since changed course, instead
     focusing on providing open-source applications that can read files created with common
     Windows counterparts.

     Early Lindows supporters include the online arm of retail giant Wal-Mart, which offers the
     operating system on several budget PCs.

     Initial backers for the retail version of Lindows are small specialty stores such as Nova PCs,
     but a Lindows representative said the company expects to announce relationships with several
     major stores early next year. The software is available now for around US$129.

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best wishes.
/nan phin

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