Xandros to buy Linspire, Inc. this week.

[Zepper]

Here is a link to the announcement by Michael Robertson: http://www.michaelrobertson.com/ .

.bh.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

Fuck Michael Robertson. I was never a big fan of Linspire, but that asshole would be the kind of guy that would bankrupt the company.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

who the heck uses that OS?

 

[Zepper]

I've used both and anyone that looks at the whole market instead of just the most popular may have tried one or the other...

.bh.

 

[GundamSonicZeroX]

Originally posted by: LuckyTaxi
who the heck uses that OS?

Well, Xandros is on the Asus Eee Pc...

 

[accguy9009]

Go Xandros go

 

[Fox5]

Heh, never really cared for either. I've tried both, and neither seemed to work right. Must suck when the free distros eat your lunch by being better products in addition to...well free. Ubuntu is way better than either of these have ever been (though I think at least one of them is ubuntu based now).

 

[earthman]

Linspire/Freespire is Ubuntu 7 with rebranded apps. They work well enough, but are behind the curve by a year or two, and there is no 64-bit version. Who knows if Xandros will bother keeping them around. This is probably a cash grab by Robertson, as he's getting his butt sued off again by EMI. Xandros will probably use the CNR app to replace Xandros Networks for their business customers.