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Microsoft tactics akin to "patent terrorism" - Sun
News In recent times, Microsoft has struck legal agreements with Linux distributors Linspire, Novell and Xandros, pledging not to sue users of these distributions over alleged patent violations - none of which have yet been... [24 Jul 2007]
KDE Case Study: Indiana Access Program
White Paper Linspire, Inc.and Wintergreen Systems announced that Indiana high schools are currently testing desktop Linux machines in school systems across the state as part of a plan to provide every public high school student with... [24 Apr 2007]
Sun puts Debian founder on the payroll
News However, arguably the most successful Debian derivative, Canonical's Ubuntu, isn't a member, and one DCC Alliance partner, Linspire, has moved its foundation to Ubuntu. Sun Microsystems has hired Ian Murdock, who founded... [20 Mar 2007]
Novell: Linux desktop set to take off
News Several companies-- among them Corel, Linspire (formerly Lindows), Eazel and Suse itself -haven't dented Microsoft Windows' dominance. Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12... [11 Apr 2006]
Linux schools pilot hopes to inspire others
News A number of schools in the US state of Indiana have deployed Linux in a pilot project that could lead to every secondary school pupil in the state using the open source operating system, software company Linspire said on... [05 Aug 2005]
Napster to give users one million songs for under £15
News One man who's aiming to launch a music service without strings attached is founder of MP3.com and now head of Linspire, Michael Robertson. The service, MP3tunes, will be launched at the Linspire Desktop... [03 Feb 2005]
Firefox hunts down IE
News In addition to the increase in downloads, Firefox can look forward to retail sales in the form of a new offering by Linspire, the open-source software distributor, which said Monday it had unveiled a product called... [23 Nov 2004]
Excel finally gets registered
News In July, the company ended a two-year dispute with Linux developer Lindows - now Linspire - by paying the company $20m to change its name. Microsoft introduced its Excel spreadsheet program in 1985, but didn't get around... [12 Nov 2004]
Leader: 'Tisn't the season for IPOs
Leader These include Linux company Linspire - formerly known as Lindows - Virgin Mobile and US software services company RightNow Technologies. Despite excitement about the growing number of IPOs this year, so far the market's... [09 Aug 2004]
Linspire - aka Lindows - cuts IPO price
News Lindows, the Linux desktop software company changing its name to Linspire, has lowered the expected value of its initial public offering. But on Friday, Linspire lowered that range to $7 to $9 per share,... [09 Aug 2004]
'No virus' Linux PCs break into supermarkets
News According to him, Carrefour is following the example of Wal-Mart in the US, which is selling PCs with Linspire's operating system or the Java Desktop System. France's number one supermarket chain, Carrefour, has launched... [03 Aug 2004]
Mozilla to pay $500 for browser bugs
News Linux software maker Linspire and internet entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth funded the new initiative, dubbed the Mozilla Security Bug Bounty Program. Linspire seeded the program with $5,000, and... [03 Aug 2004]
iTunes coming soon to Linux?
News Dell's rival MP3 player, the Dell DJ, does run on Linux using the Lsongs software from Linspire, the company formerly known as Lindows. Although iTunes and Linux have been pursuing solo careers, one small software maker... [03 Aug 2004]
Microsoft 'settles' with Lindows
News In return, Lindows.com will change its name to Linspire and hand over to Microsoft the rights to a number of Web sites, including www.lindows.com. The Linspire name change has already taken place in some... [19 Jul 2004]
Dell denies Linux installation
News Questar, an Italian-based computer seller, has begun to ship Optiplex business desktops loaded with Linspire 4.5, a version of Linux, and a copy of OpenOffice, an open-source alternative to Microsoft's Office software... [07 Jul 2004]
