Xandros target Windows 98 users with cheap Linux products

Xandros target Windows 98 users with cheap Linux products

With Microsoft announcing that they are ending support for their legacy operating system products including Windows 98 and Windows ME, Xandros has increased their efforts to get more customers to their Linux based product offerings.

The company is now offering a 50 percent rebate on its Desktop Home and Home Edition Premium editions of its Linux operating system. Xandros says that this is to capture the “50 million disenfranchised Windows” users.

Their regular Home edition sells for $39.99, and the premium edition sells for $79.99. However, if the prospective customer is moving from Windows 98, 98SE or ME to Xandros 4.0 the company would give them a 50% rebate on these prices.

The company said in a statement on this new promotional offer: “After upgrading to Xandros, users will continue to have full read and write access to all documents, music, and other files that reside within their original Windows installation and users can choose to install and continue to use Microsoft Office and other popular Windows programs.”