Linked by Andrew Davis on Mon 22nd Nov 2004 20:12 UTC
Linspire I admit that I'm a geek. I use Linux. I use Solaris. I use FreeBSD. At times, I use Windows. And without a doubt, I download and try almost every Linux distribution when they come out. Over the last few years, I've tried all of the RedHat/Fedora releases, 2 different Lindows/Linspire releases, Mandrake, Gentoo, Xandros, Suse, Ubuntu, and the list goes on.
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"(answer #3) We believe some people ... skill and free time. "

Kevin , Kevin , Kevin ( I like your name ), Ya cant have a "NAYA" bottle of water for free ( as in no cost ) , Ya cant have a "Mcdonald hamburger" for free , and ya Cant have the last " the popular show this week on TV this celebrity as " haircut. You can download 200 real distrbution for free , The market your in aint the same , your still loosing money ;-)

"Linspire believes Linux should be available to EVERYONE"

Make your distribution availaible on FTP for free ... the others do , they make a profit , YA AINT !

"FUD. We use GPL/GNU software"

Nope , you know it aint the truth : Bitstream Fonts - What's to Eat? ( one of the many example ) and whats the name of that other Linspire software CNR ? what license ?

"Linspire installs on more desktop computers than Red Hat or Novell."

I am a nice man , Please kevin dont say things wich are wrong and false , Or you can pass my little test :

- 10 "Desktop" computers ( 5 Red Hat / 5 Suse Novell ) **of my choice** ( do notebook count too ? I prefer notebooks )
- each computer Linspire dont install on You give KDE 100K
- If all 10 computer are a failure you give 10 million to KDE and Gnome each and 2 million for me to spend on anything of my choosing plus 4 porsche ( at least 1 model of my choosing , all of this year ). ( I think you need Michael aproval on this ). Do whe have another deal ? Kevin ?

Counterpart is me kissing both your shoe and those of Michael on film wich you can publish on Linspire.com + Me doing 4 Free commercial ( acting in them like Ellen Feiss for apple and Benjamin Curtis for dell promoting Linspire , after wich I will go and shoot myself )


"We have a giant QA lab to prove it if you'd like to come for a visit. "

Send me 3 tickets both way , book an hotel plus 500$ US per day in expanse for one week ( 1500$ in advance so whe can buy digital cams to film the trip , just reply if you agree here with some contact info.

"no one can beat Linspire's OEM and distribution channel."

Why are you loosing money everyday then ? Why arent you on all desktop from IBM , Dell , Gateway , ECS , etc ?

"Linspire has over 350 OEM's that sell computers pre-loaded with Linspire."

Crap Someone need to fire your Webmaster :

http://www.linspire.com/lindows_feature_preinstall.php

Keeping them all hidden is not nice , please post a list online so that whe can browse it. Ya are still loosing money ;-)

"There are over 1,000 retail locations in North and South America that you can walk into and purchase a Linspire computer "

List please ?

"as well as many on-line retailers"

List please ? Online if possible.

"We offer 24/7 world class support."

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=linspire...

I guess they called on your day off right Kevin ?

"TCO = Someone sounds like Ballmer now. =)"

Kevin Your ballmer ?

Linspire : 49.95$ X 10 computers = 499.50$

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006LCHNQ/qid=110118...


Red Hat Professional Workstation : 94.50$ X 1 million computer ( I dont have Michael Budget )

still = 94.50

http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart/0060010410.html

SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional Edition : 85.00$ X 100 computer ( I dont have Kevin Budget )

still = 85.00$

Thats why ya got the WMP codecs .... still not making money ;-) ...

"entertainment industry = but when it comes to DESKTOP computing, Linspire's focus shows. "

You have a deal with Ford cars ? focus ...

http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/

why arent they saying work best on Linspire then ?