Stormix Technologies Inc. was a company that debuted its Debian-based Linux distribution with "Storm Linux 2000" in late 1999. Headquartered in the

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, Stormix was an offshoot of NetNation Communications, at the time, one of the top-ten

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companies. In addition to Storm Linux, the company also produced a

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, and began development of a customized

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and dedicated

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appliance. The company was probably one of the many ones overwhelmed by the

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when it did not find more funds to continue the business at the beginning of 2001.

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