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Xandros to swallow Linspire

Ina Fried CNET News.com

Published: 02 Jul 2008 09:28 BST

Linspire is ready to fully assume its place as a footnote in operating-system history.

The company is being swallowed by Xandros, another of the smaller Linux players. The deal is expected to be officially announced on Wednesday.

"The Linux business is going through some healthy and necessary consolidation, which will give resulting companies greater assets and size to deliver on larger initiatives, so Linux can touch more people," Linspire founder Michael Robertson said in a statement.

Linspire is best known for its Linux distribution, once known as Lindows. Robertson initially pitched Lindows as able to run some Windows software, though that feature was later put on the backburner. The company still ruffled feathers in Redmond due to its name. Microsoft took Linspire (then also known as Lindows) to court, although it ended up paying $20m (£10m) to Linspire, which agreed to drop the Lindows name.

Linspire and Xandros are among the companies that signed patent-protection deals with Microsoft.

Credit: Linspire getting swallowed by Xandros from CNET News.com

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