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Linspire, Microsoft in Linux-Related Deal
Jun 14, 2007, 12 :00 UTC (19 Talkback[s]) (9092 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to editingwhiz for this link. ]

"Linspire Inc. on June 13 announced an agreement to license voice-enabled instant messaging, Windows Media 10 CODECs, and TrueType font technologies from Microsoft for its Linux distribution. Additionally, Microsoft will offer protection to Linspire customers against possible violations of Microsoft patents by Linux, Linspire said.

"In his June 14 weekly Linspire Letter, Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony stated, 'This agreement will offer several advantages to Linspire Linux users not found anywhere else, such as Windows Media 10 support, genuine Microsoft TrueType fonts, Microsoft patent coverage, improved interoperability with Microsoft Windows computers, and so on...'"

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i supported "lindows" when they were sue ...   and to think..   
Petem
Jun 14, 2007, 12:43:25
 
  thanks to MS my choices of which distr ...   Re: and to think..   
pontke
Jun 14, 2007, 13:20:46
 
I'm sorry I thought this distro died ...   Linspire, whos that?   
kb
Jun 14, 2007, 13:21:16
 
M$ sells Linux by providing coupons. If  ...   question   
Fred Williams
Jun 14, 2007, 13:27:46
 
> ... or more difficult.  Do you all see ...   Re: Re: and to think..   
Jeff Cobb
Jun 14, 2007, 14:24:30
 
... man, don't agree with that at al ...   Re: Re: and to think..   
Kevin Wandtke
Jun 14, 2007, 14:52:54
 
Wouldn't GPLv.3 fix this kind of pro ...   ?   
QT
Jun 14, 2007, 14:55:29
 
IMHO, the bright side of all these M$/Li ...   Bright side   
Randy
Jun 14, 2007, 15:13:10
 
Microsoft begin buy all small Linux dist ...   Long life to Debian   
hardware
Jun 14, 2007, 15:26:57
 
Debian is my favorite Linux to deploy fo ...   Commercial Linux?   
nonnimoose
Jun 14, 2007, 15:40:48
 
Seems like there's an obvious soluti ...   Novell and GPLv3   
OrlandoNative
Jun 14, 2007, 15:42:37
 
With all the deals that MS is doing with ...   MS Wants to Infest Linux   
No Where Man
Jun 14, 2007, 16:30:06
 
Heres the joke, it was an idea long ago  ...   ..the punchline is open source !...   
GH
Jun 14, 2007, 16:55:11
 
> I'm sorry I thought this distro di ...   Re: Linspire, whos that?   
GH
Jun 14, 2007, 17:01:59
 
> ... or more difficult.  Do you all see ...   Re: Re: and to think..   
TM
Jun 14, 2007, 17:10:58
 
Why is M$ playing these games?  They cer ...   Is it disruptive?   
JJS
Jun 14, 2007, 20:27:35
 
>> Seems like there's an obvious sol ...   Re: Novell and GPLv3   
Jose
Jun 14, 2007, 20:55:53
 
>> Hovsepian must be feeling like a chum ...   Re: Is it disruptive?   
Jose
Jun 14, 2007, 22:14:26
 
I know, others have already beat me to s ...   Simplifies My Life   
blackhole
Jun 15, 2007, 08:45:48
 
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