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Has TurboLinux Collapsed?

Posted by timothy on from the and-all-for-one dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "UnitedLinux already is short one founding member. Linuxgram reports that TurboLinux has collapsed." The sources mentioned are all anonymous so far; the TurboLinux website is functioning, and offers no indications that the company isn't also.

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  1. A friend of mine worked for Turbolabs by Twister002 · · Score: 4, Informative

    and he is no longer working there, they've closed the Santa Fe Turbolabs office.

    It looks like Turbolabs is closing all their US offices and trying to sell off their products before they close their Asian offices.

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    "For a successful technology, honesty must take precedence over public relations for nature cannot be fooled." -Feynman
    1. Re:A friend of mine worked for Turbolabs by Twister002 · · Score: 4, Informative

      PS he was told Monday that they were closing, I had lunch with him on Wednesday.

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      "For a successful technology, honesty must take precedence over public relations for nature cannot be fooled." -Feynman
  2. Dearth of information by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 5, Informative
    Let's see.

    • Nothing on F***edCompany
    • Nothing on LinuxToday
    • Nothing but rumors on NewsForge
    • Nothing on the TurboLinux website

    Sounds to me like a non-story, or at worst, an indication that their US operation might contract and the company focus might shift to Japan.

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    Finding God in a Dog
  3. This is for real by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I know somebody who is employed there, and according to them, TurboLinux is going out of biz. They're all waiting for their last paychecks, and apparently employees even had problems with their health insurance not being paid for for the last few weeks.

  4. What is this, fuckedcompany? by Tom7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    If there's no confirmation, and the slashdot editors don't bother to try to confirm themselves, what the hell is the point of posting this? To "scoop" everyone (even though someone else is already carrying the rumor)? Let's save the rumor mongering for fuckedcompany, and (unless it's something really, really interesting) try to report more developed stories on the news sites.