Business Wire
Copyright (c) 2000, Business Wire
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
TurboLinux Opens Offices in Latin America; Offices Set Up in Argentina and
Brazil, New GM Named
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000--TurboLinux, Inc., the high
performance Linux company, announced today it is opening TurboLinux offices in
Argentina and Brazil, has signed up leading distributors, resellers and
training centers, and has appointed Fernando Skrobacki its new general manager
for Latin America.
Skrobacki, who will run TurboLinux Latin America from the company's new
office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was formerly the general manager of Linux
Center, one of Latin America's largest Open Source education and support
services companies.
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"TurboLinux is truly a global company with offices in North America, Europe,
Asia and now Latin America," said Cliff Miller, CEO of TurboLinux. "With our
exceptional growth in other markets, more and more enterprise customers were
asking us to provide local education, support, services and sales in Latin
America."
TurboLinux has signed Latin American distribution agreements with Unisel and
Intersoft Group in Argentina, MSD Multimedia in Brazil and Bergusa
Internacional and MPS Mexico in Mexico. TurboLinux products are available in
hundreds of stores in Latin America, including Compumundo, Garbarino,
Musimundo, Office Depot, Office Max, Price Club, Sam's Club and Tower Records.
TurboLinux is partnering with Linux Center to offer training and support
services in Latin America. TurboLinux will provide customers with support in
both Spanish and Portuguese.
About TurboLinux, Inc.
Founded in 1992, TurboLinux is the world's fastest-growing Linux company with
investment backing from more than 20 global hardware, software and services
companies, including BEA, Compaq, Dell, Intel, Fujitsu Support and Services,
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NEC, Novell, SCO and Toshiba. A market leader in Linux software clustering
solutions and Linux internationalization, the company's high-performance
consumer and business Linux products run on Intel, Alpha and PowerPC
workstation and server platforms and are supported globally by IBM, Hewlett-
Packard and SCO.
Based in San Francisco, TurboLinux has regional headquarter offices in Buenos
Aires, Hamburg, Tokyo, Beijing and Sydney. The company's home page is located
on the Internet at www.turbolinux.com, in Japanese at www.turbolinux.co.jp and
in Chinese at www.turbolinux.com.cn.
Note to Editors: Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. TurboLinux is a
trademark of TurboLinux, Inc. All other registered trademarks belong to their
respective holders. All other names and trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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