MadTux Closes Its Doors
After eight years in business California-based MadTux, an online retailer specializing in systems preloaded with Linux, has closed. A visitor to the MadTux website sees just this simple message:
We regret to inform you that economic conditions have forced us to close our doors after eight years in business.
The news was first reported by Vector Linux co-founder Darrell Stavem in that distribution's forum on December 13. The news received no other notice or mention I could find in the Linux press. Back in August, 2007 I wrote a piece about PCs preloaded with Vector Linux being offered for just $139 by MadTux.
Lots of retailers are hurting or in danger of closing during the current economic downturn. What makes this story different is that I don't believe the economic crisis tells the whole story.
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