FreeOS gets equity investment

BANGALORE: Mumbai based FreeOS.com, a portal providing information and

resources on all-free operating systems like Linux has received an equity

investment of around Rs 1 crore from Arvind Shah, chairman of Boston Education

and Software Technologies.

FreeOS.com aims to bring information on free operating systems to the people

through news, information, software and resource links etc. It also focuses on

professional services such as consulting, support and software development for

free operating systems.

"I think FreeOS.com is one of the few Web sites in the world which

provide a one-stop solution, be it software, support or services, for all free

operating systems. Free operating systems liberate users from commercial tie-in

and costly upgrades. The availability of source code is a huge advantage,

enabling users to create customized, highly optimized operating environments for

their enterprise and mission critical systems. In general this alternative is

more stable, reliable and bug-free. I see FreeOS.com as a vehicle to deploy

these new generation, robust systems through the services that they offer,"

said Boston Education chairman Arvind Shah elaborating on his decision to invest

in FreeOS.com.

In addition to the investment, Shah will also provide his expertise and

leverage his experiences in the software industry to help make FreeOS.com a

recognizable brand name and a force to reckon with among the open source Web

sites. The company is expanding its team of experts to provide professional

services such as support, consultancy and software development for free

operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD.

FreeOS.com CEO Prakash Advani said, "With this investment, we are now

able to dedicate a lot more resources and offer services as well. We are now

expanding our expertise into providing customized solutions, services and

distribution of Linux and other free operating systems."