BuyPogo.Com Announces $299 and $599 Consumer Linux Computers to Compete with Microsoft, Dell, Compaq, and VA Linux.PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1999-- BuyPogo.Com now offers the reliability and power of the Linux operating system at an affordable price by announcing a new line of Linux PCs, the $299 Pogo and the $599 Pogo Pro, sold through its web site, (http://www.buypogo.com). Customers are now able to enjoy the stability and efficiency featured in Linux without spending thousands of dollars. "Our Pogo line is the cornerstone of our efforts to make Linux accessible by all users, regardless of technical knowledge or finances," said BuyPogo.Com co-founder Tim Lee. "By competitively pricing our products and backing it up with a warranty and a money back guarantee, our customers can enjoy the inalienable right bestowed upon all of us to choose powerful, yet affordable, computing." BuyPogo.Com is one of the few companies that offers affordable Linux computers that are pre-configured to function right out of the box as web servers, Internet connection sharing Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is the name given by Microsoft to a feature in recent versions of its Windows operating system (as of Windows 98 Second Edition) for sharing a single Internet connection on one computer between other computers on the same local area network. servers, and file server. The company seeks to further bridge the gap between consumers and Linux by including WordPerfect 8.0 from COREL (Nasdaq: CORL CORL Corel Corporation (stock symbol) CORL Coalition of Reef Lovers CORL capital outlay revenue limit CORL change-orientated reflective listening (psychotherapy) CORL Central Ontario Ringette League ) (Toronto: COR.TO) and Netscape Communicator 4.6 from AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOL). In addition, BuyPogo.Com is focused on customer satisfaction by offering a 30-day money back guarantee, one year warranty, and a knowledgeable technical support staff. Other companies that also offer Linux workstations or servers include DELL (Nasdaq: DELL), COMPAQ (Nasdaq: CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ), Penguin Computing, and VA Linux Systems. BuyPogo.Com is a Linux hardware company that strives to pioneer Linux onto the networks residing in homes and small businesses around the world by offering affordable Linux computers. "We are well positioned to cater to the growing needs of consumers and small-businesses who crave the network versatility and dependability of Unix, but desire the popularity and value of Linux," said Arash Keshmirian, co-founder. About BuyPogo.Com Founded in 1999, BuyPogo.Com is dedicated to providing Linux computers that are affordable, powerful, and reliable. The company is located in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , and is privately held. About Linux Linux is a free operating system similar to Unix that has become a major competitor to MICROSOFT (Nasdaq: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) Windows. According to International Data Corporation, Linux has accumulated more than 10 million users. Numerous major high tech companies are offering Linux products and have invested in Linux: DELL (Nasdaq: DELL); COMPAQ (NYSE: CPQ); ORACLE (Nasdaq: ORCL ORCL Oracle (stock symbol) ); HEWLETT-PACKARD (NYSE: HWP); COREL (Nasdaq: CORL; Toronto: COR.TO); IBM (NYSE: IBM). |
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