Xandros/Linspire
Category:Linux
Category:Microsoft
Category:Racket
Xandros bought Linspire in the middle of 2008. Both companies signed patent deals with Microsoft around the same time in 2007 (just months apart). Posts below are divided by topic and sorted chronologically.
Xandros? Patents? What is Going On? (Updated)
Mark Shuttleworth Was Wrong, and the Xandros Deal Proves It
Xandros Aftermath: GPL ‘Poison’, Standards Abolishment
More on Xandros (Meanwhile, BoycottXandros.com Goes Live) (Updatedx2)
Tell Xandros How You Feel, If You Have Time
Xandros Changed Its Mind, No Longer Thinks Linux Violates Microsoft Patents
The Xandros Deal Just Doesn’t Make Any Sense
Novell and Xandros Hit by the GPL Cluebat
Nothing Will Be Lost with a Demise of Xandros
Xandros Joins Hands with the Anti-ODF Companies That Money Could Buy
The OSI Invasion Merely Follows the Linspire/Xandros/Novell/Turbolinux Invasion
Xandros CEO Brags About Open Standards, But Signs ‘Intellectual Property’ Deals with Microsoft
Catching up With Novell’s Sibling Sellouts — Xandros and Linspire
Xandros and Asus Eee — to Be or Not to Buy?
Some Victims of the Novell and Xandros Deals
Scalix/Xandros Release Microsoft-compatible Ballnux Binaries (Patent Tax Included)
Linspire, Xandros and the Stories Only eWeek Will Tell You About
ASUS, Xandros, Microsoft and Other Business Partners
No, Virginia, There Won’t be Spire Under Xandros
Xandros is Virtually Dead, SUSE is Very Quiet
Quick Mention: Linspire is Over
More Information About Linspire Getting Devoured
Xandros-Linspire-Microsoft Marriage is Now Official
How is Xandros Eee PC Arrangement ‘Complicated’?
Fear and Loathing in Digital Cornerstone Incorporated, Formerly Known as Linspire
More Lies and Hijacking of “Open Source” by Microsoft
Xandros Refutes Claims of Microsoft Involvement in Linspire Takeover
Legal Mess at Linspire
Corel: Whose side is it on anyway?
Xandros Lied About Linspire
Sell Out Linspire, Then Blame the Founder
Novell and Partners “License” SUSE, Just Like Linspire
Xandros/Presto is Windows-Only, Xandros is Still Linux Shy
Xandros Thinks Linspire Customers Use Microsoft Windows
Xandros: “We Are Kind of Getting Away from Being a Linux Company”
Novell and Xandros Are Promoting Windows, Again
Xandros Shows Death by Microsoft
Xandros Server is Allegedly Dead
Sale of Linspire to Xandros Gets the Unofficial OK After Years in Court, Xandros Sells Scalix
Does Anyone Still Use Xandros?
Microsoft/Novell/Linspire Deals: Shoot First, Then Try to Make Peace (or Ask Questions)
Linspire Fuels Microsoft’s IP FUD by Signing Deal (Updated)
Red Hat Does Well, But Linspire Needs a Gentle Shake
Linspire Has No Patents, So What Did Microsoft Pay Linspire For? (Updated and Corrected)
Novell, Xandros, and Linspire Fail to Tell Apart Foes from Friends
Linspire Sells Us Linux FUD, Not GNU/Linux
ECMA, Microsoft, and Linspire-sponsored Mail Give More Reasons to Give the Boot (Updated)
Linspire/Lindows: Just Like Windows, Even When It Comes to Ill Stance of Standards (Updatedx3)
Linspire Continues Bragging About OOXML Support
Microsoft Leaves Linspire Robbed, Naked
Kevin Carmony Responds, Linspire on Permanent Feature Freeze for GPLv3 Software
Can Linspire Still Feed on Ubuntu (or Debian) Linux Codebase?
Fuelled by Linspire’s Support, Microsoft Wants Your Money
Linspire Forsakes International Standards, Chooses Loose ‘Interoperability’ Instead
Another Major Victim of Microsoft’s Linux Deals? Linspire’s CEO Abandons the Ship.
Microsoft Deals That Kill
Linspire’s Chairman Apparently Moves on (and Out of Linux)
Uncertain Future for Linspire’s Linux After Microsoft Deal?
Which Will Go Down First? SCO or Linspire?
Linspire 6.0 Released – Now with Patent Protection!
Linspire is Going Nowhere Fast (Updated)
Eric Raymond Has Left Linspire’s Board
Quick Updates on Linspire and SCO — Two Companies That Won’t Recover
Friends or Foes? Ubuntu+CNR (from Linspire), GNOME+OOXML (from Microsoft)
A Dozen Words Show Why Linspire Just ‘Gets’ Linux
Xandros, Linspire, OpenSUSE Fail to Keep Up With (K)Ubuntu
Updates on Turbolinux and Linspire (Mandriva Deal and CNR Status Report)
Linspire’s Former CEO Gives Up on CNR
Former Linspire CEO Predicts Damaging Truths After His Microsoft Deal
Kevin Carmony Says Microsoft Deal Brought Linspire Millions in Revenue
Xandros Slid Aside by ASUS, Linspire Still a Blast
Xandros Might Let Freespire Die Within Days
Asset Sales at Linspire and SCO Show the Similarity Between Those Two