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In order to focus exclusively on developing and marketing the Open Source Red Hat Linux operating system, Red Hat, Inc. and Applix Inc. today announced that Applix Inc will have all future responsibility for the Applixware Office Suite, including Sales, Marketing, Product Support, and Quality Assurance.
Applixware products previously purchased directly from Red Hat, Inc. will still receive the full technical assistance and support of Red Hat Software.
This new relationship allows Red Hat to keep our focus on the increasingly popular Red Hat Linux OS, and will encourage ISV's to offer any application on Red Hat Linux, including other office suites, and allows Applix, Inc. to take advantage of the potential it sees for its Office productivity tools in the Linux space.
"We recognized that the Linux community needed a productivity suite that solved the problem of co-existence and document exchange between Applixware and Office 97. We undertook a substantial development project to re-write and augment our filters, and we've produced a first-class result," said Jit Saxena, CEO, Applix, Inc.
Lisa Sullivan, Director of Marketing and Sales at Red Hat, Inc. agreed. "What Applix has done is help round out the Linux OS as a full-fledged enterprise competitor," said Sullivan. "Their contribution to the Linux space has proved invaluable, and we are looking forward to Applix's continued involvement in the Linux community."
The announcement of the new relationship coincides with the release of Applixware 4.4.1 for Linux. This update of Applixware features all the standard components of the Applixware Office Suite, as well as Applix Data, a new module offering point and click access to information stored in relational databases, and Applix Builder, Applix's object-oriented, visual, rapid application development tool.
The Applixware 4.4.1 Office Suite is available directly from Applix, Inc. for $99. For those wishing to upgrade to Applixware 4.4.1, Applix is offering a $79 upgrade. For more information, please see http://www.applix.com.
About Linux
Linux is the freely distributable, cooperatively-developed POSIX-based, multi-user, multi-tasking operating system used worldwide. Linux is used as a high value, fully-functional UNIX workstation for applications ranging from Internet Servers to reliable workgroup computing.
About Red Hat, Inc.
Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider, is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices spanning the globe. Red Hat is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by making high quality, low cost technology accessible. Red Hat provides operating system software along with middleware, applications and management solutions. Red Hat also offers support, training and consulting services to its customers worldwide and through top-tier partnerships. Red Hat's open source strategy offers customers a long term plan for building infrastructures that are based on and leverage open source technologies with focus on security and ease of management. Learn more: http://www.redhat.com
Common with UNIX footnote
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