Stories about: Linspire

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    Bad blood over Linspire's sale to Xandros 07/07/2008 08:53:31

    One of the first commercial Linux distributions aimed at the average computer user, Linspire, has just been sold to Xandros and undergone a name change to Digital Cornerstone. Xandros may not be very commonly known, but it is the distro being used by Asus on the EeePC.
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    Xandros buys Linspire in enterprise Linux bid 04/07/2008 08:19:21

    New York-based Linux company Xandros on Wednesday bought Linspire, another open source distributor in a bid to increase its presence in the enterprise, an executive said.
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    Making desktop Linux work for business 02/07/2008 09:11:54

    Today's IT managers face tough choices. PCs that run fine today have an uncertain upgrade path, now that Microsoft has chosen to discontinue Windows XP. Upgrade costs associated with Vista, coupled with the ever-escalating cost of application licenses, make switching to desktop Linux an increasingly attractive option.
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    'PatentGate' one year later: MS against open-source world 22/05/2008 08:43:57

    It was just over a year ago that Microsoft dropped a bombshell of a claim: users of Linux and open-source software were unwittingly violating as many as 235 Microsoft software patents.
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    Linux visionary convicted of murder 29/04/2008 13:52:16

    Linux visionary Hans Reiser has been convicted of first-degree murder for killing his estranged wife in 2006 and faces life imprisonment.
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    Microsoft gives interoperability progress report 25/10/2007 10:20:20

    Microsoft is offering updates on the progress of interoperability initiatives, including the Interoperability Executive Customer Council (IEC) and the Interop Vendor Alliance (IVA).
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    Microsoft, Turbolinux to push single sign-on 23/10/2007 14:03:49

    Microsoft and Turbolinux., a Tokyo-based Linux distributor, are cozying up with a patent cross-licensing deal and agreement to work more closely together, the companies said this week.
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    Microsoft, Novell open interoperability lab 12/09/2007 17:06:35

    Cross-platform virtualisation is top of the list of projects that a new joint development lab operated by Microsoft and Novell will work on, executives said.
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    Taking the good stuff when trading Windows for Linux 05/09/2007 10:15:42

    So you're switching from Windows to Linux? Great. Like other users and organizations who've taken the plunge, it's likely you're making the move to take advantage of Linux's stability and reliance on open standards. Now all you have to do is prepare carefully for your move.
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    Shuttleworth denies Ubuntu-Microsoft deal 19/06/2007 08:39:33

    Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth has made it clear that Ubuntu isn't interested in forming a deal with Microsoft along the lines of those recently reached by Linspire, Xandros and Novell.
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    Microsoft interoperability team: Bring on Red Hat 18/06/2007 08:11:54

    Leaders of Microsoft's strategy to make its products more interoperable with competitive technologies said the company still hopes to strike a Linux pact with Red Hat similar to the partnerships it's forged with Linux vendors Novell, Xandros and Linspire.
 
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