Gowator Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3681221 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Seems like they are not just rumours. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2140955,00.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 That does not surprise me that much. Actually I expected them to adopt the MS-deal sooner. They were always a rather "untrustworthy" company IMO. Next one who signs the deal: Linspire. Make your bets :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted June 4, 2007 Report Share Posted June 4, 2007 Next one who signs the deal: Linspire. Make your bets :D Canonical :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 It seems from the Xandros forums, that people are already jumping ship. Most opting for PCLinuxOS or Ubuntu. I was amused to see justwally suspended by the product manager/forum moderator, for not controlling his emotions. :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 I read the whole thread, and I think some posts maybe got deleted, because I just saw that mod just jump in, warn him and suspend him immediately. Either there were more and were cleaned up/deleted, or he reacted way to quick. I installed Xandros once. Was removed much quicker than it took installing it. Looks nice, but a pain if you want control over things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Debian is a great distro... it does not deserve to be treated the Xandros way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Don't worry... Xandros will (hopefully) vanish in two years. Then, Debian has no ugly cousin to be ashamed of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Xandros CEO Defends Microsoft Deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris:b Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 (edited) Linspire partners with Microsoft Who's next? Edited June 14, 2007 by anna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Unfortunately, they both missed the March 28 date for signing, so anyone who signs after this can't distribute open-source code under GPLv3 Unfortunately, it's a shame so many people are doing this, as it'll probably give Microsoft more items to include in their applications when they realise what else they're missing control of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{BBI}Nexus{BBI} Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) CEO Kevin Carmony has Clicked on that an alliance with micro$oft can be quite a cashcow (no offense meant to cows) 'n' now they're Running to collect. After the kicking in they got over the use of the name 'Lindows' you'd have thought this kind of alliance would be the last thing to happen. Just further proof that for the afore mentioned CEO, 'Money talks and Bull$#1t walks'. If they're too weak to resist the lure of rubbing up against micro$oft then good riddance I say. Edited June 15, 2007 by {BBI}Nexus{BBI} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 That kicking wasn't so bad since they got a several million for choosing another name from MS IIRC. Not to mention that it meant free advertising cause they were on the news for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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