Microsoft signs up Linspire (Re: Microsoft signs up Xandros)

[Conrad Knauer]

On 6/8/07, Conrad Knauer <atheoi at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > If they get to sign one more known commercial distro developer then its a trend ;-)
> >
> > Red Hat has already said no, so who's left?
> > Mandriva, Mepis, Turbolinux and Linspire?  (Did I miss any?)
> >
> > Ah well, some people said there were too many distros out there; I
> > strongly suspect that this sort of deal is a 'kiss of death' for those
> > who sign them.
>
> Helios made a blog post mentioning that he has some inside info on
> which distro will likely be next:
>
> http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?archives/209-they-will-be-known-by-their-stripes.html
>
> Not-so-cryptically, he says what to watch for: "If esr suddenly
> announces his resignation from a particular board or organization..."
>
> (ESR is on the Freespire board;
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2603651519.html)
>
> So Linspire.  We shall see...

He was right.  Not hugely surprising though.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070614/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_linspire;_ylt=AvVYijIGjPVnh7.CbDc2FCXMWM0F

So ok, what does this mean for CNR in Ubuntu?
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html
http://www.cnr.com/

CK