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OSNews: Interview with Linspire CEO Michael Robertson

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 5, 2005

OSNews: Tell us about the Desktop Linux
Summit. Who will be there, and what will you be talking
about?

Michael Robertson: This is our 3rd year
sponsoring the Summit and it will be held Feb. 9-11th, 2005 in
sunny San Diego and is the best conference value going. A $99
registration fee gains complete access to this 3-day event and
includes food and a t-shirt. See desktopsummit.com to register.
This is not a money maker for Linspire obviously, but we think it’s
critically important to bring all the parties related to desktop
Linux together once a year. We did this same thing when I was the
CEO of MP3.com with the annual MP3 Summit, which was instrumental
in the proliferation of the digital music space…”

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