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Microsoft Lindows 

Posted Thursday 14th June 2007 07:22 GMT

This could end up with the dreaded Microsoft distribution.

A name change back to Lindows and of course the hierarchy at Microsoft completely missing the point again!

Hopefully it will kill Linspire and all the slutty distros that have jumped into bed with the 800lb gorilla. :-)

indows 

Posted Thursday 14th June 2007 08:48 GMT

I would have thought that Apple would have been upset by that. Shawly as word starting with the letter I they would feel that it is automaticly there interlectual property.

Something using Msn voice clips? 

Posted Thursday 14th June 2007 09:13 GMT

"# Linspire's licensing of the RT Audio Codec to let its Pidgin instant messaging users talk to Microsoft IM users"

OOH OOH OHHHH WE HAVE WAITED SO LONG!!!!!

Bye 

Posted Thursday 14th June 2007 10:48 GMT

Never really liked Lindows/Lin****/Linspire; Can't wait for the FSF to sue the pants off Xandros and Linspire; keeps plenty of activity at groklaw anyway.

Feel.... so.... cold 

Posted Thursday 14th June 2007 12:43 GMT

How dirty must the people behind Lindoze feel?? Used.... so used.... having said that, I use Pidgin - but I wish they could have just done something usefull, like offline messaging (which isn't completely supported on my current version).

Linspire's another also-ran 

Posted Thursday 14th June 2007 12:43 GMT

Novell's deal is the only one that actually counts for anything (especially with the vouchers/validity/GPL3 combo that could neuter Microsoft). Xandros and Linspire are also-rans, created by money men attempting to take something for free and then monetise it... and failing to make even a whisper of a glance of a suggestion of a dent on the Linux user base while simultaneously failing to pick up anything of consideration in Windows migration.

Next week Microsoft will be putting out a press release about buying a copy of Linux Format or something.

Desperate Google bashing? 

Posted Thursday 14th June 2007 16:27 GMT

"The shipment of Microsoft's Live Search as the default search engine with Linspire 5.0"

Trying to move Linspire users from Google to MLS seems a bit desperate.

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