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

[Scott (angrykeyboarder)]

Conrad Knauer spake thusly on 06/14/2007 11:28 PM:
> On 6/14/07, Cybe R. Wizard <cybe_r_wizard at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>>> So ok, what does this mean for CNR in Ubuntu?
>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html
>>> http://www.cnr.com/
>> Do you mean the CNR that will be ready in the second quarter, 2007?
>> Isn't it already past that date?
> 
> <grin> Not quite; they still have two weeks ;)
> 
>> Does anybody really care?
> 
> That's the big question for Linspire; they're not really all that
> popular to begin with (even if you lump their market share with
> Freespire's) and angering the community with MS patent deals isn't
> going to help.  I was actually interested in seeing what their
> cross-distro CNR system was going to be like, but in the wake of this,
> I think I'll skip it.

I don't see how Linspire is going to financially benefit from my use of
CNR. I thought they were doing it for the 'good' of the community.

In other words, I see no reason to skip CNR. I think it's pretty damn
cool to be honest, and something the Linux community as a whole really
needs (or something similar).

> 
> Ah well...  M$ is making choosing a distro soooo easy these days ;)
> 

Indeed. I was "wowed" by Vista so I upgraded from XP a few months ago. ;)


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            Scott
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