Jim Coyer’s Weblog

Lindows is interestingly announcing a business version of its OS.

What makes this interesting is the angle of attack MIchael has chosen, which seems to be: work on multiple computers seamlessly. The scenario he paints is the knowledge worker who wants to finish work on a document at home that was started at work. Not that this is impossible to do today, but Robertson clearly sees an opportunity to leverage the wide variety of Linux apps available to make this process cheaper for the home worker. And easier using his Click N Run app database.

Of course, one of the core unique aspects of Lindows is this centralized warehouse of open source applications, which addresses something that has been complex on open source OSes : ease of installation.

With this new business tack, Lindows is leveraging that warehouse, adding IT centralized administration, customizable by company IT staff.

It will be interesting to see where this goes. Will Lindows be able to crack the supply chain into businesses? Will it matter (ie, will growth come from SMBs, or overseas price-sensitive markets?)

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