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Story: Linspire boss urges Dutch government to go open source

Posted by: Justin Williams (Wednesday 30 March 2005, 12:51 PM)

I've been a Linspire user off and on ever since Lindows 1.0. It unfortunately never was mature or robust enough to meet my needs, but Five-O which Linspire just released is a step in the right direction for getting Linux on the desktop.

I am also an American who recently moved to The Netherlands, and I think they have a wonderful country, and are very progressives on many many fronts.

It would be really sad if that progression didn't carry through to their choice of software and computing needs.

While I'm not saying Michael Robertson's Linspire is the best Linux soulution out there, I will say that it is a very good start, not to mention it has the finacial backing of a very smart business man, who has proven that he has the ability to take controversial technology and make it standard and make a ton of money while doing it. Just look at MP3.com which is now owned by this sites parents company if I'm correct.

I personally don't see Linspire ultimately being my distro of choice, but it is a step in the right direction...and more than that...it's a choice...