LINUXCARE

Linuxcare provides professional, technical support, education, and product certification services for Linux, as well as open- source software packages and other related technologies. The company is focused on customer services for large businesses, with its sales and marketing efforts targeted toward original equipment manufacturers, OEMs, software vendors, Global 1000 companies, and internet infrastructure providers. During 1999, the company’s eight largest customers were Dell Computer, Densa Techno Tokyo, Hewlett-Packard, KPMG Peat Marwick, MacMillan USA, Motorola, Silicon Graphics, and Sun Microsystems. It currently supports 21 distributions of Linux. Linuxcare was founded in 1998 and is based in San Francisco, California.