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Linspire, Carmony, and ESR...
Another foolish "Linux" company which couldn't seem to find any momentum sells their soul.

Kevin Carmony attempted to appear sympathetic to the community when Novell worked their legal obfuscation of the GPL. Apparently he has no backbone or compelling core values.

Now it appears, since he is now on Linspire's board, that ESR is firmly planted in the cathedral. The once respected ESR has shown us that he is nothing more than a out-spoken clown.

How does this affect Canonical(parent of Ubuntu)? They recently signed a deal with Linspire to give their users legal access to otherwise encumbered WMF formats.

The "Linux" companies which sign these deals are like a very destructive cancer on the community and they must be 'cut out'. Which is exactly how the community is reacting so far with regard to Novell and Xandros.

In my mind this goes well beyond MS FUD. I think this strategy on the part of MS constitutes anti-trust behavior. Too bad our government is bought and paid for by the likes of MS.

I think Torvalds will soon see the true implications of these destructive deals and he will move the kernel to GPL v3. Without the support of the community, these companies (Novell, Xandros, Linspire) will fail.
Posted by: Tim Patterson   Posted on: 06/14/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Linspire, Carmony, and ESR...  Tim Patterson | 06/14/07
Stirring up Trouble with Titles?  nucrash | 06/14/07
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
Whoops  nucrash | 06/14/07
re: clicks  Arm A. Geddon | 06/14/07
Naw, the  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
She is just calling it what it is, a RACKET. Pretty obvious to anybody with  DonnieBoy | 06/14/07
What motivates these companies?  otaddy | 06/14/07
MS not so dumb  andycher | 06/14/07
You are thinking too small  nucrash | 06/14/07
Uh, common sense would be my guess.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
Yes but alliances with Microsoft work so well  nucrash | 06/14/07
re: alliances  Arm A. Geddon | 06/14/07
IBM is very happy with their partnership with MS.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
Yea right, we can trust Microsoft for our interoperability needs. You are  DonnieBoy | 06/14/07
Where the proof?  Randalllind | 06/14/07
So whats stopping you?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
Mary Jo, most biased "reporter" on the planet.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
Quite the contrary  Tim Patterson | 06/14/07
couldn't agree more!! nt  Arm A. Geddon | 06/14/07
Then show me your proof.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
The proof? It's in the "pudding"!  Mercutio_Viz | 06/14/07
We want proof that it is NOT a racket. The best proof, would be to list all  DonnieBoy | 06/14/07
This is a Blog  owl06 | 06/14/07
Yes, thats as good an excuse as any I suppose.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/14/07
It is rather obvious that this is a RACKET.  DonnieBoy | 06/14/07
But, she is right on the money here, when did MS EVER reveal the patents???  DonnieBoy | 06/14/07
Congrats, MJ  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/07
In defense of Linspire  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/07
Very True  nucrash | 06/14/07
re: defense  Arm A. Geddon | 06/14/07
LOL, seems everyone thinks there is a silent "positive"  TripleII | 06/14/07
I would love to see the dollar figures of these deals. Something tells me,  DonnieBoy | 06/14/07
No, Linspire paid MS, as will Red Hat, ect  John Zern | 06/14/07
What Tim said — Mary Jo's right  zaine_ridling | 06/15/07
Headline should be  Ole Man | 06/16/07
From Wikipedia ( My added comments BOLD )  Old Timer 8080 | 06/22/07

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