Hardcore OSS fans will always squirm with each success Linspire and other have with selling OS software. Look, it’s legal and if it puts another nail in the MS coffin, who really cares if it is being sold? No one is being mislead or lied to.

Michael Robertson is at it again. Starting new companies and trying to shake up the status quo. A lot of people don’t like his style, which often involves goading the companies he’s trying to undercut into suing him, but he certainly gets attention. He’s now trying, yet again. This time taking a page similar to his adventures with Linspire — which was based on the idea of taking Linux to the masses by packaging it in a friendly way. [Read the rest]

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