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Opinion: Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony spins his Microsoft deal

Posted by Steven_Rosenber on · 5 comments
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In his Linspire Letter, CEO Kevin Carmony talks about why he decided to make a deal with Microsoft, trading some technological info for an assurance from Microsoft that the Redmond giant won't sue Linspire's Linux customers for "intellectual property" infringement ... comparing himself to Steve Jobs in the process. Nice ... get yourself neck-deep, then compare yourself to Steve Jobs. Even Steve Jobs knows he's a crazy (expletive of your choice). Or should know. Rich, cunning, possessing uncanny instinct, etc. ... but still kind of crazy.

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Comments (5)

jsusanka ·
couldn't agree more with the article

I would like to see if any of these companies are still around when the next president comes in.
hchaudh1 ·
Why are these people still using registration required forums to discuss articles on their posts? Afraid of flames much...
Abe ·
Quoting:Why are these people still using registration required forums to discuss articles on their posts? Afraid of flames much...
Does it matter? They are not worth it (May be except Suse)
Steven_Rosenber Story submitter ·
This guy Carmony is spinning it so damn hard, it's easy to see right through it. As I've seen in posts better than mine, the Linspire-Microsoft deal could have implications for the Freespire board, of which Eric S. Raymond is a member -- and he can't be happy with this -- and for the Linspire-Ubuntu "Click and Run" deal, which could very well be scuttled by all of this.

To top it off, Linspire owes a great deal to Debian (and now Ubuntu) ... and this is how they play it? At least Novell's Suse has a record of substantial innovation to consider.
thenixedreport ·
He had the gaul to mention Apple and saying, "The era of competition is over..." Right... and does this individual remember when they decided to "work together?" Oh, that's right! It was during the big anti-trust case against Microsoft itself!

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