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Xandros was the name of both a line of operating systems and Xandros Corporation, the company which created them. Xandros Desktop was a Linux distribution. The name Xandros is derived from the X Window System and the Greek island of Andros. The co-creator of the now popular netbook, Xandros was founded in May 2001 by Linux Global Partners (Will Roseman and Dr. Frederick Berenstein), the company is headquartered in New York City. Xandros Desktop was based on Corel Linux, a Debian-based distribution which was acquired along with the development team behind the product from Corel Corporation in August 2001 after Corel decided to sell the Linux distribution market. Xandros is a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium and member of the Interop Vendor Alliance.〔() 〕 In July 2007, Xandros bought Scalix, a Linux-based email and collaboration product, based on HP OpenMail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/04/open_xchange_funding/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Scalix Bought by Xandros )〕 In July 2008, Xandros acquired Linspire. As of October 2013, Xandros’ website is unresponsive and DistroWatch lists Xandros as discontinued.〔http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=xandros〕 ==Products== Xandros makes products for both the consumer and business markets. While the distributions include many packages licensed as free software and open-source, Xandros also includes proprietary software developed in-house by the Xandros Corporation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xandros」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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