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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According to Kevin Carmony, former President and CEO of Linspire, they disregarded the shareholders as well:
http://kevincarmony.blogspot.com/2008/06/xandros-acquires-linspire-...
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That's the typical business approach I'm afraid - the only one that matters is the share holders. Customers are NOT important. That's why you were not asked [about the move from Debian sources to Ubuntu, or the sale of the Lindows name for that matter]. That's why your post on the forums was promptly deleted. They simply don't care.
That should have been warning enough to get rid of them.
I personally have always wondered why Xandros and Linspire were so popular - they attempted to lock you into their private repositories, an act which is decidedly anti open source. There were compatibility issues between Xandros and Debian sources for a long time as well, at least if my memory serves me correct.
Good riddance to one of them, hopefully both of them soon. Open source has no need of Microsoft lackies.
Dave