Comments on: Updates on Turbolinux and Linspire (Mandriva Deal and CNR Status Report) http://techrights.org/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/comment-page-2/#comment-4932 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:55:17 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/#comment-4932 Can they ‘fork’ the code and move into a separate empty shell company? I don’t think that would sit well with the company’s founder. Besides, there’s already a defection of Linspire (and Xandros, IIRC) ‘escapees’ who created and now maintain their own distribution. It’s based on Kubuntu as far as I can tell.

]]> By: Dude http://techrights.org/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/comment-page-1/#comment-4930 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:55:58 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/#comment-4930 Good point, IF they could have gotten out of the deal they should have…I am just not sure that is the case because typically the deal is written such that there are big penalties for early termination.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/comment-page-1/#comment-4929 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:44:20 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/#comment-4929

If the new linspire administration was so good, they would have tried to drop the deal, wouldn’t them?

Yes, exactly.

I just hope this doesn’t become a new MS-FUD-deal by proxy strategy to be used on other distros.

That’s what had me worried. I missed a heartbeat when my feed reader truncated the headline to just show: “Mandriva and Turbolinux Announce a Partnership and…”

]]> By: Xanadu http://techrights.org/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/comment-page-1/#comment-4928 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:07:47 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/#comment-4928 I just hope this doesn’t become a new MS-FUD-deal by proxy strategy to be used on other distros.

]]> By: Xanadu http://techrights.org/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/comment-page-1/#comment-4927 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:02:11 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/#comment-4927 If the new linspire administration was so good, they would have tried to drop the deal, wouldn’t them?

]]> By: Dude http://techrights.org/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/comment-page-1/#comment-4924 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:16:04 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/01/16/turbolinux-and-linspire-mandriva-and-cnr/#comment-4924 Roy,

Boycotting Kevin for being an evil CEO is one (good) thing, but dumping on those who have decided to try to make the best of the mess Kevin left behind is a low blow (don’t they have it hard enough already?)

CNR is truly implemented in the spirit of the GPL and open source software. I.e. anyone is free to use the service without even creating an account, the source code for the CNR client and all such open source software is readily available for download and the service revolves around community input and direction.

I for one hope that CNR can find its way out of the hole its been placed in because it is a great service, despite the sins of the previous CEO.

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