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[News] Ballmer's Pal Kevin Carmony Attacks Linspire Founder

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Michael Robertson Sued Over Linspire's Missing Cash

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| To this day, Michael Robertson has yet to explain to the 100 some-odd 
| shareholders what happened with the millions of dollars in cash and assets 
| that were owned by Linspire just a few short months ago. The assets seem to 
| have completely vanished, leaving shareholders with no return on their 
| investment or even so much as an explanation as to what happened.    
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http://kevincarmony.blogspot.com/2008/09/michael-robertson-sued-over-linspires.html


Recent:

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| [Carmoney [sic]:] "Many disagreed with the MS partnership, but it brought us 
| millions in new sources of revenue, all without having any of the negative 
| effects on the desktop Linux space that some predicted the MS/Linux deals 
| would. I reduced our losses by millions in my first year as CEO, and made 
| millions in profits my second year."    
| 
| He made millions in profit in the short term, by destroying a GNU/Linux 
| company's reputation. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to sell out to 
| Microsoft. Any GNU/Linux distro which has a significant community could pull 
| millions or more by selling out to Microsoft.   
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http://www.fsdaily.com/Business/Truth_is_Treason_in_the_Empire_of_Lies_Linspire_Fact_Sheet_Coming_Soon


Related:

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/


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
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