UNSUBSTANTIATED report of the demise of TurboLinux

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Apparently, one of their major VC people backed out. I have not seen 
anything more about it in the normal industry sources. 
On 19 Jul 2002 at 13:36, David Kramer wrote:

> On Fri, 19 Jul 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 
> > This was posted internally here today. The TurboLinux website is still 
> > active. (http://www.turbolinux.com/). 
> > Reports Circulate that Turbolinux has Collapsed
> > Thursday, July 18th, 2002
> > by Maureen O'Gara
> >  
> > 
> > Turbolinux, one of the four main Linux commercializers, closed down on 
> > Monday, multiple sources say.
> > 
> > http://www.linuxgram.com/article.pl?sid=02/07/18/0626223&section=newsflash
> 
> Interesting.  When I use HotBot to look for web pages 
> referencing TurboLinux in the last two weeks, all I find are pages about 
> them expanding their international operations, and doing great in Japan.
> 
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