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"Two reasons... 1. Time is money. 2. Not everyone is a computer wiz. "

Why arent you loaded in cash then ? Still loosing money arent ya ?

"Take an average ... to install GIMP. "

I have to visit San Diego Kevin ! They turn to me and say : how do I do that after 5 seconds.

"Should these people ... this for them? "

Problem is those people dont install software I do it for them or they buy complete solutions ...
Ya aint making any money right ?

"We have 85 full-time employees working to make Linux easy and accessible to the non-technical user."

And you stil have ZERO kde developper even do you have 85 employee ? And your still not making any money ... BTW would be fun if you would put that interesting fact in the Linspire company fact ( number of employee ).

"We charge a fair price for this service"

Too bad the market dont agree with you and you dont pull a profit because of this ...

"Novell and Red Hat are great companies with great products...for THEIR niche's. "

Kevin , just for fun , you have 1 million desktop user ? or even 10 thousand paying customer worldwide ? who let the dog out woof woof woof woof woof ( niche mean dog house ).

"Did you know, ... Data Center run using Red Hat? "

Wow !! Debian based using Red Hat server ... ya still making no money

"Did you know that our Intranet uses Novell's (SuSE's) Open Exchange for our group calendaring, etc.? "

See right above replace by SuSe + off course Intranet are not meant to be used with a desktop ...
no bacon for kevin. ( ya still make no money , I tought it would be fun for a change, ya know unlike you still not making any money or changing your very old comments ... )

"It's on the DESKTOP that Linspire shines."

You started to make cleaning product ? Fantastik ! ( he he he fantastik , hot words this one kevin , its a joke ) GNU/Linux one desktop appliance not panning out ? OOoFf! ( another joke OOoFf!, lol )

"It's all we do. We eat, sleep and drink the DESKTOP. We have 85 full-time, hard-working, dedicated employees that do nothing but try and make the Linux experience better on the DESKTOP."

http://www.debian.org/intro/about#who

Debian is produced by almost a thousand active developers spread around the world who volunteer in their spare time. Few of the developers have actually met in person. Communication is done primarily through e-mail (mailing lists at lists.debian.org) and IRC (#debian channel at irc.debian.org).

"And we hope we do it well. "

Dont hope man , if you do , you pull a profit, ya aint making the cut ...

"We're not for everyone"

Probably why you aint turning a profit.

"but hopefully we provide value to those who fit inside our target market. "

The idiot in the navy called Craig Blackfarm already as a copy and so do I ( even do its more because I feel pity for you ;-) )

You filled the Idiot and pity target market and are still not making a profit or have a sustainable company :

http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5195630.html

Yo even failled three time your IPO :

http://www.linspire.com/lindows_news_pressreleases_archives.php?id=...

1) Failed first normal IPO as Lindows.
2) Tried again with OpenIpo as Lindows Failed again.
3) Tried as Linspire Failed again.

Finished ? good my monitor ink is running low.

- Real friends dont let there friend use Linspire

- Hell yes, Gnu/Linux Guru pooh-pooh on Linspire. because 10$ box spent on shit still make it shit.

have a nice day

P.S.

http://www.ecs.com.tw/extra/g900/g900.html

Ya can look but cant touch ;-)