Quoted indirectly to highlight a response:
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| [Carmoney [sic]:] "Many disagreed with the MS partnership, but it brought us
| millions in new sources of revenue, all without having any of the negative
| effects on the desktop Linux space that some predicted the MS/Linux deals
| would. I reduced our losses by millions in my first year as CEO, and made
| millions in profits my second year."
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| He made millions in profit in the short term, by destroying a GNU/Linux
| company's reputation. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to sell out to
| Microsoft. Any GNU/Linux distro which has a significant community could pull
| millions or more by selling out to Microsoft.
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http://www.fsdaily.com/Business/Truth_is_Treason_in_the_Empire_of_Lies_Linspire_Fact_Sheet_Coming_Soon
Antitrust regulators hopefully watch how Microsoft bribes its competitors to
stop competing and join the Trust.
Related:
Linspire deal: What will ESR and Shuttleworth do now?
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| Will Shuttleworth continue to collaborate with a company which has now
| caved in to a protection racket? Or will he do stick to the principle
| behind the whole FOSS movement and walk away from the deal? We're watching
| and waiting, Mark.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/12899/1090/
Freespire, Linspire, and Microsoft patents
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| Microsoft denies that this is the case, and argues that, in particular, the
| GPLv3 has nothing to do with it. However, with its July 5 Covenant to
| Customers concerning its Linspire deal, Microsoft is trying to put even more
| distance between any potential patent claims and the GPLv3.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7598947159.html
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