Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jun 2008 23:55 UTC, submitted by sjvn
In what seems like a battle of ants in a case full of lions, Practical Technology has learned that Xandros has bought Linspire. "In an announcement that was sent out today, June 30, to Linspire stockholders, CEO Larry Kettler wrote that the stockholders had decided to sell all of Linspire's assets. This deal specifically includes Linspire, Freespire, and the company's distribution agnostic CNR (Click 'N Run) desktop installation platform." Not everyone is very happy with this one, though.
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I really liked the 4.x "Lindows" version of Linspire. But once they made the switch to the Linspire name it really seemed to be less unique from other distributions save for the CNR. I really give them credit for one thing they do right and that is the Linspire releases have all been easy on the eyes.
CNR does offer some real commercial potential for the mini-notebook market, specifically products like Asus has been releasing. The vast majority of customers will be unwittingly supporting the open source movement via their purchases from the CNR portfolio. This may or may not be a good thing for the general populace. But it certainly should benefit open source.