Miscellaneous News
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| Kevin Carmony, a controversial former CEO of Linspire who recently switched
| his allegiance to Ubuntu, has written an interesting blog entry on the
| current state of CNR.com, Linspire's flagship software distribution service.
| Since Linspire has not made enough effort to maintain a good working
| relationship with Ubuntu, he argues that CNR.com (and, by extension, possibly
| even Linspire and Freespire), is likely to fail...
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080218#news
Microsoft only bribed the dying ones, not Red Hat and Ubuntu. Yes, Microsoft
pays companies to sell out.
Related:
Ubuntu snags top Linspire staffers
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| Linspire, the troubled Linux distribution vendor, has recently lost a top
| executive and a lead developer to the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution.
| Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu, has hired former Linspire staffers
| Randy Linnell and Brian Thomason.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4485976647.html
Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony resigns
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| Carmony also said his resignation, contrary to some rumors, had nothing to do
| with any disagreement with Linspire's primary owner Michael Robertson, or
| with fallout from either of Linspire's recent deals with Microsoft, which
| covered technology licensing and patent indemnification.
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| Carmony joined Linspire, then known as "Lindows," in June of 2001 to become
| its president. Later, he became the company's CEO.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8364062244.html
Linspire has a new president and CEO
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| According to this posting on the Freespire forum, Linspire has promoted vice
| president of worldwide sales and marketing, Larry Kettler, as Carmony’s
| replacement. Like Carmony before him, Kettler has been at Linspire since
| 2001.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/08/linspire_has_a.html
Freespire, Linspire, and Microsoft patents
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| Microsoft denies that this is the case, and argues that, in particular, the
| GPLv3 has nothing to do with it. However, with its July 5 Covenant to
| Customers concerning its Linspire deal, Microsoft is trying to put even more
| distance between any potential patent claims and the GPLv3.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7598947159.html
Tomorrow GPLv3 is Released
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| Mr. Carmony asked a question, will Linux split in two factions? The answer
| is no. Some Linux distros will limp along a while and then die off,
| because they misunderstood what folks want when they choose GNU/Linux
| and FOSS. You can see that already. Red Hat, which refused to sign any
| such deal, is flourishing, for example. It's not about code that "just
| works". Apple offers that already. It's the freedom. And we've proven
| willing to put up with some temporary frustration in order to get it.
| In time, FOSS will win, and all those proprietary codecs and everything
| else will be made available on pleasanter terms, because market share
| does that.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070628105947503
Linspire deal: What will ESR and Shuttleworth do now?
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| Will Shuttleworth continue to collaborate with a company which has now
| caved in to a protection racket? Or will he do stick to the principle
| behind the whole FOSS movement and walk away from the deal? We're watching
| and waiting, Mark.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12899/1090/
Microsoft Strikes GPLv3 Software From Linspire Patent Deal
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| Microsoft says software that's licensed under a new version of a popular open
| source license isn't covered by the patent protection deal it recently signed
| with desktop Linux distributor Linspire.
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http://www.informationweek.com/windows/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001836
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