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Article: MP3.com's Robertson Goes Up Against Microsoft.(launches new operating system called "Lindows")(Brief Article)
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- San Diego Business Journal
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- October 29, 2001
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Software: Internet Music Innovator Launching New Operating System
With Microsoft's marketing machine running at full tilt to promote a new version of Windows, San Diego's Michael Robertson is turning up the volume about a product of his own.
Robertson, the man who made millions as founder of MP3.com, Inc., last week announced a fourth quarter beta launch of a product for Pentium-based desktop computers.
Like Microsoft's Windows, Robertson's product is an easy-to-use operating system.
It is built around a Linux software core and will be capable of running Windows programs -- not to mention Linux programs.
Robertson calls his ...