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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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Microsoft signs technology pact with Linspire  Loverock Davidson | 06/13/07
I'm sticking with Ubuntu...  galileon | 06/14/07
What color are the drapes  LinuxHippie | 06/14/07
actually i meant Seth from ancient Egypt,  galileon | 06/14/07
My Bad  LinuxHippie | 06/14/07
I guess the plan is working.  xuniL_z | 06/14/07
First of all.......  Tim Patterson | 06/14/07
see what I mean?  xuniL_z | 06/14/07
Hehe, have you actually tried LFS?  NonZealot | 06/14/07
i did a few years ago,  galileon | 06/14/07
Gentoo  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
I second that  NonZealot | 06/14/07
cheers,  galileon | 06/14/07
Yawn..  magcomment | 06/14/07
Just wannabes  gotitright | 06/14/07
Microsoft  dogStar5000 | 06/14/07
Is this your first visit to C/ZDnet?!?  KTLA | 06/14/07
Dodgy deals  whisperycat | 06/14/07
haha  galileon | 06/14/07
The only flaw in your scenerio  GuidingLight | 06/14/07
Continuation has been cancelled due to lack of interest  xuniL_z | 06/14/07
If no word leaked out  Freebird54 | 06/15/07
"dodgy"?  KTLA | 06/14/07
Which country would that be?  Freebird54 | 06/15/07
Good point  KTLA | 06/15/07
Unfortunately  Freebird54 | 06/16/07
Are they still around?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 06/14/07
Yup...  Tim Patterson | 06/14/07
Denial?  George Mitchell | 06/14/07
Linspire, Carmony, and ESR...  Tim Patterson | 06/14/07
about your ESR comment...  Arm A. Geddon | 06/14/07
At least this one makes sense  Michael Kelly | 06/14/07
Linspire is becoming more irrelevant  Linux Geek | 06/14/07
Huge surprise! (not) ...  George Mitchell | 06/14/07
Take the money and run  gotitright | 06/14/07
Virtual absence ...  George Mitchell | 06/14/07
Microsoft's copyrights  ehwood | 06/14/07
Er, its patents not copyrights ...  George Mitchell | 06/14/07
You're not understanding this  KTLA | 06/14/07
Possible - even probable  Freebird54 | 06/15/07
Not necessarily  KTLA | 06/15/07
I just want to know how much Microsoft paid Linspire...  mrlinux | 06/14/07
Bargain basement prices!  George Mitchell | 06/14/07
adding OS functions, not apps., that are not open source is illegal. FSF  wessonjoe | 06/14/07
All patents must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 06/14/07
Now that's the next nail in the last coffin  Boot_Agnostic | 06/16/07
Modus operandi  p.vinnie@... | 06/24/07
Linspire...... RIP!  Ole Man | 06/26/07

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