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@ Anonymous (IP: ---.snd1.dsl.speakeasy.net)

"I don't understand the venom against Kevin Carmony"

You dont even understand the meaning of the word venom ...

" I think it's good that a President of the company tracks his company and responds online. "

Thats the Job of the PR and communication President or VP ... President of a company first priority is to make is comapany profitable.

"Insiders do get benefits as Mr. Carmony referred to such as CNR membership, invites to special parties, tickets or discounts to Desktop Summit, free MP3beamer software, etc."

Wow , that really nice ALL the Insiders get :

- CNR membership ( Excuse me I tought it whas included for 99$ )
- invites to special parties
- tickets to Desktop Summit ( airplane tickets ? )
- discounts to Desktop Summit ( I assumed it whas free )

I am wondering why just 15k people ...

I whas sarcastic here ...

" I don't think he listed them out to make sure it didn't seem like a big advertisement. "

OR He dont whant some people starting to wonder why they did not get some of this stuff even do they paid 99$ too ...

"Linspire is a HUGE open source contributor in money and code."

Care to back that up with full detail and the money involved ...

"They are investing millions if not tens of millions in making linux usable by mass market"

Really ? Thats why there own open source page dont even go as high as 500k , all added up and comptabilised ...

"and getting stores to carry it. "

Do this for me , name 50 computer store in your area , list them , go on a treck there and see wich one carry Linspire , put your report on the same page , and dont forget to ask if they heard of Linspire and why they aint carrying it and come back and tell me how many do and why ...

David Ross (IP: ---.isp.comcastbusiness.net)

"Why the venomous diatribe?"

Learn what venomous means ...

" I find it astonishing that someone would object to the President of a company paying attention to what its customers think"

I find it really unbeliveable the amount of people who think the job of a President of a company is suppose to be PR outside is company website inside the comments. I dont think 5% of the Linspire user come and read here , and that it is more important then increasing is sale numbers and findings ways to make the company profitable.

"and writing thoughtful, reasoned replies (which Kevin has done consistently, on many websites, for at least the last two years). "

Since is writing are toughtful and reasoned , why does he have 90% of the GNU/Linux community pissed at him personnaly and the majority at his company and product and often more then not he is proven wrong in is assupmtions?

"This company really listens to feedback from its user base"

Thats why "most" people buy once and thats it ?

"and frankly it's not all that common to see that in this day and age. "

Its common , but you just dont know what your talking about.

"Linspire 5.0 is an excellent O.S"

Linspire 5.0 is a really good Gnu/Linux version ...

"appropriate for many users"

Thats why out of all the GNU/Linux offer , Linspire as the least user ?

"but if it's not your cup of tea"

Never said that , but then again a lot of Linspire user like to fabricate fairy tales and ignore the facts, and put insult in the mouths of others to explain things they dont comprehend.

"DON"T BUY IT ! "

I will Buy it , I will analyze it , I will discuss the management and its company and every detail I see fit and I will discuss it. If you dont like it , thats not my problem.

"For me, it's the best O.S."

You dont even know what an O.S means ...

" investment I've made in years...."

I really pitty you right now.