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Bynari International Announces Mexico and Central America Alliance   Nov 16th, 22:10 UTC Future goals for Linux LatinoAmérica include the launch of a call center and an extensive Spanish-language Linux web site in first quarter 2000. Dateline November 16 Dallas, Guanajuato, Caracas - Today, Michael K. Anderson, Cesar Villanueva, and Tom Adelstein announced that they have formed a strategic alliance for Mexico and Central America. Mr. Anderson, CIO of Linux LatinoAmérica, the premier Linux service company in Mexico, announced that his firm has joined with Bynari International, a global alliance of Linux consultants. "Given the Caracas event, the economic activity, and Mandrake's leadership in Spanish language distribution and support, this is a highly strategic move for both companies. We look forward to working with Linux LatinoAmérica in one of the fastest growing markets for Linux in the world," says Adelstein. "The incredible attendance of Latin Americans at the recent LinuxWeek Expo in Caracas clearly demonstrates the pent-up demand for Linux and Open Source in Latin America," says Anderson. "Latin Americans, unlike Americans, have no national affinity for Microsoft products, and are therefore not as tolerant of the poor quality of those products." Anderson says Linux LatinoAmérica chose Mandrake because of their extensive support in the Spanish language, and their overall international attitude. "The language barrier has hindered the rapid growth of Linux in Latin America; there are several groups attacking this problem now, and we will be a major participant in eliminating that barrier. Providing support, training, services and documentation in Spanish throughout the area is a crucial step in facilitating the Linux avalanche that's already underway," says Anderson. "Our call centers will support Mandrake Linux, since we believe that it is the friendliest and most adaptable distribution for Latin America." Anderson's Linux LatinoAmérica will partner with Cesar Villanueva's Prisma Opentech to provide comprehensive solutions for all of Latin America. Villanueva is the Director of Bynari Sudamérica. Future goals for Linux LatinoAmérica include the launch of a call center and an extensive Spanish-language Linux web site in first quarter 2000. They hope to provide Spanish-language web resources in the areas of support, consulting, training, business, and news. They will also provide support and training for local alliance partners in Mexico and Central America. Bynari International specializes in Linux Consulting, support services, systems integration and software development. Bynari International has built a global support team by associating with existing consultancies world-wide under a single identity. Bynari sees its association with existing Linux consulting firms as a means to provide enterprise solutions for Global organizations. Bynari partners have the opportunity to provide level one telephone support for Linux-Mandrake through the firm's global support agreement. The local alliance partners also provide level two and three support and integration services. Mexican and Central American Linux Consulting Firms Interested in Participating in Bynari's Global Alliance May Contact Michael Anderson, Director, Bynari International, México and Centroamérica Linux LatinoAmérica Guanajuato, GTO, México email: mka@mx.bynari.net url: http://mx.bynari.net Bynari Systems Group 2512 Program Drive Suite 108 Dallas, Texas 75220 The United States of America email: tadelstein@bynari.net url: http://www.bynari.com 011-214 -350-5772 011-214 - 827-1962 MandrakeSoft Caroline Carmagnol Alizé Public Relations 650.323.1607 email: caroline@alizepr.com url: http://www.linux-mandrake.com (Submitted by Julie Blosser of Bynari Systems) (Submitted by Juliet Blosser of Bynari International) Return to today's headlines.