Microsoft Now Owns Lindows
from the well-that-settles-that dept
Well after a lengthy an often
childish (on
both sides) battle over the name Lindows, Microsoft has finally realized that every time they try to beat Michael Robertson in court, they're just giving him more free publicity. This is, of course, exactly what he wanted. So, to just settle the damn thing once and for all,
Microsoft has bought out the Lindows name for $20 million. Of course, this works out great for Lindows... er... Linspire, as well. They basically get a $20 million investment with no dilution or strings attached -- plus a bit more publicity due to this deal.
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Open Source on its head
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Re: Open Source on its head
Please provide proof of this statement.
corporations can make polished, proprietary versions.
You say that like it is a bad thing.
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Help!
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Re: Help!
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And for everything else
LOL
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apt...
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20040720
I love this...
Basically Microsoft looks like an idiot, gives a linux company what is essentially free money.
Works for me.
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