No Negotiations with Microsoft in Progress

“There’s a rumour circulating that Ubuntu is in discussions with
Microsoft aimed at an agreement along the lines they have concluded
recently with Linspire, Xandros, Novell etc. Unfortunately, some
speculation in the media (thoroughly and elegantly debunked in the
blogosphere but not before the damage was done) posited that
‘Ubuntu might be next.’

“For the record, let me state my position, and I think this is
also roughly the position of Canonical and the Ubuntu Community
Council though I haven’t caucused with the CC on this
specifically…”

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