We believe it will have an important impact on the way
enterprises deploy business applications in the future," said Bob
Gett, Optaros chief executive officer and president .

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Lefkowitz has become vice
president in charge of research and executive education programs. Based in Cambridge, Mass. Having launched two of the most
successful IT service companies of the last two major shifts in
technology, Optaros' management brings substantial expertise to
creating a company that can help clients fully adopt new technology
models and platforms.

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com) is a venture capital-funded
consulting and systems integration firm that helps large enterprises
use open source software to reduce the cost of commercial software and
rapidly build high-quality, cost-effective and more flexible business
applications.

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In contrast to many other live-CD distributions, the NetMAX
Desktop has been designed to be intuitive enough for non-computer
savvy folks to use - and even includes integrated Windows application
support.
Lefkowitz is regarded as a thought leader and a dynamic speaker on the
business value of open source software, and prior to Optaros was a
senior executive at AT+T Wireless, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley
heading up key systems initiatives, including open source strategy.

About Optaros

Optaros, Inc.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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Experienced IT Executive at Financial Services and
Telecommunications Companies Has Led Open Source Strategy and Major
Systems Initiatives

Optaros Inc.

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Cybernet Systems Sponsors the NetMAX Desktop Project; Open-Source Project Provides a Complete Linux-Based Desktop on Bootable CD

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More information on the NetMAX Desktop Project, including free
downloads of the bootable CD itself, are hosted at the project website
http://www.

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About Cybernet

Cybernet Systems Corp.

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develops products and technologies that
standardize and simplify networked connectivity and computing
functions through Linux. Contact:
Cybernet Systems Corporation, 727 Airport Boulevard, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48108, 1-800-CYBERNET.

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In leading the firm 's research service, he will help Optaros advance
its expertise in determining whether and where to use open source
software in organizations, how to overcome adoption hurdles, and
identifying best practices.

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The NetMAX product line is sold direct
through the NetMAX web site at http://www.
In recent years, Lefkowitz has been a speaker at leading open
source conferences including the Open Source Business Conference and
O'Reilly Media's Open Source Convention.

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source systems, both at the infrastructure and application level .optaros.

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Corporation today announced that it is sponsoring the NetMAX Desktop
Project, an open-source development group that produces a
full-featured desktop package based on secure Linux under the General
Public License (GPL).
"We are just now defining Optaros' research and education programs, so
it's an exciting time to join the firm, especially one in the
forefront of a major technology shift. "Lefkowitz has
seen the opportunities and challenges first hand, and will lead the
development and communications of our ideas and guidance for our
clients. He has a B., the firm provides a range of
services necessary for enterprises to maximize the benefits of open
source software -- to replace existing costly proprietary software or
to build new business applications.

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Prior to Optaros, Lefkowitz was AT+T Wireless' chief technical
architect and vice president of data services for information
technology.

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Before joining AT+T Wireless in 2000, he spent 20 years on Wall Street
(including Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley) in a variety of top IT
roles including open source strategist, developer of technology
infrastructure, software architect , and director of decision support
systems.

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NetMAX DeskTOP is a live-CD distribution of
Linux, using the same distribution upon which Cybernet's NetMAX Server
products are based.
"My mission is to help senior executives understand the strategic
possibilities that open source software presents , explain the
challenges and cut through the hype and confusion," said Lefkowitz."
"Open source represents more choices and alternatives for large
enterprises.S.

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ANN ARBOR, Mich., the open source software consulting and integration
firm, announced today that Robert M. in computer
science from MIT.

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Optaros Appoints Robert Lefkowitz to Run Open Source Software Research and Education Programs

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The distribution can be used on most computers without
harming their contents via a bootable CD, or can be installed to a
hard drive as a permanent operating system replacement.
Lefkowitz' role is to design and lead Optaros' research and
executive education offerings - services that will help management of
large enterprises learn how to derive value from open source software.

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The NetMAX Desktop distribution seeks to fill the role of a
fully -functional enterprise class desktop system without licensing
fees, and includes best-of-breed applications for standard desktop
needs such as desktop publishing, web surfing, and multimedia
features.

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