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Can Xandros Linux Desktop Replace Windows Media Center Edition?
Saturday, July 8th, 2006
Microsoft is currently fighting a virtual game of king of the hill with OS competitors attempting to
claw their way to the high ground.
The latest challenger is Xandros, armed with its Linux-based desktop operating system Xandros Desktop Version 4 Home Edition Premium. With the Linux desktop product, Xandros is focusing on short list of features to push Microsoft off the desktop. Home Edition Premium is squarely targeted at the media-centric home user, a market that Microsoft has come to dominate with its Windows Media Center Edition (MCE).
With a retail price of less than $80, Xandros is hoping to dazzle prospective users with a rich feature set that eliminates the need to buy additional software. The company also is looking to leverage the delays behind Microsoft’s Windows Vista Ultimate edition to bring something new to the public now, beating Microsoft’s January 2007 target.
To truly see where Home Edition Premium fits into the market, it must be compared with Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.
Right off the bat, Xandros offers more in the form of bundled applications than either Vista product. For example, Xandros Desktop Version 4 Home Edition Premium includes an office suite, OpenOffice, and comes bundled with an antivirus product. On the Microsoft side of the equation, those would be considered add-on products. Linux, Windows, Microsoft - Review: Xandros Linux Desktop Vs. Windows Media Center Edition -CRN
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