Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Oct 2007 20:34 UTC
"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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RE: Don't expect too much
by islander on Wed 17th Oct 2007 21:29
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Member since:2007-04-11
Then clearly he started on the wrong foot and never understood open source from the beginning.Cant feel too sorry for this distro then if its just a get rich quick scheme and not a labour of love.Laughable really,when the creator of Linux himself is not rich from his own creation but still not on some street corner begging quarters.
RE[2]: Don't expect too much
by butters on Wed 17th Oct 2007 21:59
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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.