eXo

The pair went into business together in 2002, producing silicon rubber cases for Apple's iPod called eXo skin, which were sold under the iSkin brand.

Tempest in a Specialty IPod Case 2004

In late 2003, as iSkin prepared to launch a new product called the eXo 2, Cymbalski began selling his own eXo 2 case under the Lajo brand and later the Xskn brand.

Tempest in a Specialty IPod Case 2004

The two companies continue to sell similar products with similar names: Cymbalski's Xskn sells a line of eXo cases, while iSkin markets eVo cases.

Tempest in a Specialty IPod Case 2004

ISkin sent a letter to distributors and resellers : "A company by the name of Lajo from China has produced unauthorized knock-off iSkin eXo 2s," the missive said.

Tempest in a Specialty IPod Case 2004

However, remember that in such situations, CMIS will be much more useful if you are actually using either of them (eXo or JBoss) as a content repository, something that is not very common given that both these products typically sell as portal platforms.

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It also will be a nice opportunity to share about industry trends and new eXo developments.

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GateIn project that forms the basis of future portal platforms from both eXo and

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Come to meet us to talk about Intranets and Collaborative Solutions eXo is offering.

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So if your IT landscape has a heterogeneous environment that includes these products, then this could be good news for your IT director, as xCMIS will in theory at least make it easier for both JBoss and eXo to co-exist with other products.

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It uses the eXo JCR (Java Content Repository) as its back-end and provides access to this via CMIS APIs.

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