Lin---s (Lin-dash) Program Ensures Choice in Countries Where Microsoft is Attempting to Block Desktop Linux (fwd)

[Filippos Papadopoulos]

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Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:33:42 -0800
From: Lindows.com Press <mailer at mailer.lindows.com>
To: filip at cs.uoi.gr
Subject: Lin---s (Lin-dash) Program Ensures Choice in Countries Where
    Microsoft is Attempting to Block Desktop Linux

Lin---s (Lindash) Program Ensures Choice in Countries Where Microsoft is Attempting to Block Desktop Linux

Leading Desktop Linux Software Now Available on www.lin---s.com Website and from Participating Resellers in the Netherlands


SAN DIEGO February 17, 2004 --The "Lin---s" (Lindash) program was launched today to make the leading desktop Linux available in those countries where the Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Corporation has blocked availability.  Lin---s makes the affordable and robust operating system available to Dutch citizens through the website at www.lin---s.com and from participating resellers.

"Dutch citizens deserve the same choices that are currently available to the citizens of more than one hundred countries around the world," said Michael Robertson, chief executive officer of Lindows.com.  "Lindash ensures that the Netherlands will have affordable, virus-free options instead of just expensive Microsoft software."

Lin---s is a program that provides the leading desktop Linux operating system to the citizens of the Netherlands, who would otherwise be unable to attain the software.  The www.lin---s.com website enables Dutch citizens to purchase the easy-to-use, powerful software online for instant digital download.  The website also offers listings of resellers in the Netherlands who are offering the software in stores and pre-loaded onto powerful, affordable computer systems.  Lin---s allows the consumers in the Netherlands to take advantage of the cost-savings of the software that has enabled builders in the United States to offer $199 PCs and $799 laptops.

"I’m glad I can get back to the business of selling one of Mensys’ most popular products," said Menso de Jong, reseller of Lin---s products and owner of Mensys (www.mensys.nl).  "Our customers demand choice and we are pleased to be in a position to offer them choice once again."

Lin---s will support the resellers in the Netherlands who carry the desktop Linux products in their stores.  The Dutch resellers have steadfastly continued to offer their customers the cost-savings and powerful capabilities of desktop Linux, and have remained committed to preserving choice in the markets of the Netherlands.  Lin---s provides an alternate method for resellers to deliver the software, and the www.lin---s.com website will connect consumers and resellers by listing all locations that are offering the operating system on store shelves.  Lin---s will ensure that resellers are able to continue making the leading desktop Linux products available to everyone.

For more information, please contact:
Cheryl Schwarzman
Lin---s
(858) 587-6700 ext. 241
pr at lindows.com

About Lin---s
Lin---s provides consumers in the Netherlands with the leading desktop Linux software. Launched to ensure that people all over the world have choice in the marketplace, www.lin---s.com offers resources for Dutch consumers who are seeking a powerful, stable operating system but at a fraction of the cost of Microsoft solutions. Lin---sOS is an intuitive operating system that allows the installation of thousands of applications with just one click, available in store shelves in the Netherlands and through the website for instant digital download. Visit www.lin---s.com for more details.