Xandros buys Linspire?
I predict this was done to: 1) help Robertson drain the company of its cash and resources. When I left Linspire, we had a very profitable year and the company had millions in the bank. I predict Robertson has moved this money to himself, family, and his other companies, leaving Linspire's minority shareholders with nothing. 2) help Robertson save face by issuing a 'Linspire Acquired by Xandros!' press release, instead of living with the public humiliation that Linspire failed under his leadership. (Although, being out lasted by Xandros isn't much less embarrassing.)" That press release has not yet been sent out as of this writing; we'll keep an eye out for confirmation of what's going on.
Posted Jul 1, 2008 16:35 UTC (Tue)
by mrshiny (guest, #4266)
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Posted Jul 1, 2008 17:02 UTC (Tue)
by dmarti (subscriber, #11625)
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"Barracuda is robertsoning Trend Micro."
"ajaxWindows" is pushing it, though, even for Robertson.
(Neither one of these companies shows up in the top kernel contributions list, though. If they had users, users would be reporting bugs and bug fixes would be making their way upstream.)
Posted Jul 1, 2008 17:45 UTC (Tue)
by andrel (guest, #5166)
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Xandros buys Linspire?
Am I the only one who read that and thought "wait, weren't those the same thing?"
If "robertson" were a verb, it would mean "to use another company's legal department as your marketing department."
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The kernel contributions list isn't really a good estimate for number of users. Ubuntu have > 600 kilousers, but don't show up on the kernel list.
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