[mdlug] Linspire caves in to Microsoft patent threat

[Jeff Hanson]

On 5/16/07, Michael Corral <micorral at comcast.net> wrote:
> I did no such thing. I'm faulting them for caving in to Microsoft
> when there is no need to. Red Hat, for example, is committed to
> making money and staying in business, yet they have rejected
> caving in to Microsoft's threats. Too bad Linspire couldn't
> do the same.

Don't forget that Linspire got their deal after nearly costing M$'s
trademark in a law suit over "Lindows".

I believe that we will probably have to put up with some closed-source
apps and drivers in the short term in order to gain enough market
share and developer resources to replace them.