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 Xandros, Microsoft Make Scalix Mail Server Exchange Friendly, Aug 16, 2007

Microsoft licenses Exchange protocols to Linux distributor Xandros for use in Scalix mail server.

In early June, Asustek Computer and Intel announced at Computex Taipei that they would soon be releasing a low-end $199 subnotebook PC, the Asus Eee PC 701. It appears to be on schedule, and when it arrives in customers' hands in late August or early September it will be running a variation of Xandros Desktop Linux.

Xandros CEO Andy Typaldos told DesktopLinux.com that his Ottawa-based Linux desktop and server company has acquired privately owned open-source e-mail and calendaring provider Scalix under terms that were undisclosed.

Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros on June 4 signed a broad set of collaboration and patent agreements that reminded many of the November 2006 Microsoft/Novell partnership. What do analysts and other Linux vendors think this new deal means for Linux?

Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos said Thursday his company did not agree that its Linux distribution violates any Microsoft patents nor did the software giant ask Xandros to do so as part of the patent cross-licensing deal the two signed Monday.

Microsoft this morning announced a collaboration agreement with Linux vendor Xandros that's similar, in some respects, to the Novell deal. But not in others.

Microsoft on Monday announced a collaboration with Xandros, a small Linux distributor, the latest in a string of deals between the world's largest seller of patent-protected software and the open-source community.

eWEEK posted a story a few hours ago entitled “Microsoft Gives Xandros Linux Users Patent Protection.” The story is now gone from the Web site.

Xandros Added Office Depot to its list of retailers that includes CompUSA and Fry's, in an effort to reach more small and midsize businesses.

With the release of Linux-based Xandros Server 2.0 Standard Edition, well-known Linux desktop vendor Xandros Inc. offers compatibility and other services that may give Microsoft SharePoint Server some competition.

When it launches in April, Xandros BridgeWays will be the latest application in what has quickly become an increasingly crowded category of products offering interoperability between Linux and Windows server environments.

A few weeks ago, Xandros released an update of its Business Desktop OS with a number of new features, including 3-D effects and desktop search. The 3-D effects fell flat in my tests, but I found the distro to be a pretty good OS if you're looking for a Windows replacement.

Linux distributor Xandros has made a bid for the desktop just before Microsoft ships Vista.

Xandros Home Edition Premium ran fine right out of the box. Indeed, it has turned out more functional on this Linux-hating computer than even a vanilla Windows installation, which is not something one expects.

On the day after Thanksgiving, Xandros Inc. will be giving business Linux users an early holiday present: Xandros Desktop Professional version 4.0.

On October 18, Linux distributor Xandros was reorganized, resulting in the loss of at least five jobs and a change in CFOs.

Here is OSNews' review of Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium version 4.0 (a mouthfull). Xandros Systems was so kind as to provide OSNews with the top of the line version of their product, which includes, among other things, complete copies of Versora Progression Desktop, CrossOver Office, and various non-Free drivers and utilities.

Xandros Corporation has announced that it started offering a free 30-day trial edition of Xandros Desktop 4 Premium for free download

Desktop Linux specialist Xandros announced Aug. 8 that it is joining the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), and will participate in OSDL's Desktop Linux working group.

There are some refuges from Windows’ frustrating flood of spyware, worms and security problems.

... I think any current 98 or ME user should look to Xandros. This Linux will just work on the system you're using today, and you won't even need to re-learn that much.

A pair of Linux vendors appearing on the SMB (small and midsize business) landscape—Xandros and Collax—expect to capitalize on that rock and hard place with a Linux end run around the downtime and outage issues that eat into that margin, executives and partners from both companies said.

Microsoft is currently fighting a virtual game of king of the hill with OS competitors attempting to claw their way to the high ground.

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