Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Oct 2007 20:34 UTC
Linspire "Former Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony was pretty gung-ho about the company's upcoming release back in June. He said it would 'fill some key holes in our current offering'. Unfortunately Linspire 6, released last week, lacks the refinements you'd expect in a distro you pay USD 50 to download. It drops some key distinguishing features, and in return gains only some Microsoft technology as spelled out in the Microsoft patent covenants Linspire agreed to. This release seems to be about deferring to Microsoft."
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Don't expect too much
by dwave on Wed 17th Oct 2007 21:16 UTC
dwave
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2006-09-19

I once talked with Michael Robertson at a promoting event for Lindows. He frankly told everyone who wanted to know that he got rich with mp3.com because he hopped on the mp3 wagon early enough in 1998. And that he he hopes the sames for his Linux company. This seems to be the only reason why this distro was created.