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   From: "Mike Easter"    
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   Subject: Re: Canonical and Linspire Announce Technology Partnership   
   Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:55:09 -0800   
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   Linspire will transition from Debian to Ubuntu as the base for their   
   Linspire and Freespire desktop operating systems.   
      
   Linspire will continue combining proprietary drivers, codecs and   
   applications with open source software by default in their operating   
   systems. This approach, unique among Linux distributions, offers   
   out-of-the-box support for a broader range of software, hardware and   
   multimedia file types than the Debian or Ubuntu baseline alone.   
      
   Ubuntu users will gain access to the Linspire CNR e-commerce and   
   software delivery technology.   
      
   Beginning with Ubuntu's 7.04 release in April of this year, Ubuntu users   
   will be able to use the CNR client to download and install commercial   
   programs and proprietary media drivers with one click of the mouse. In   
   the future, Canonical plans to integrate aspects of the CNR technology   
   so the purchase of commercial software is straightforward for desktop   
   users.   
      
      
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   Mike Easter   
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