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08-02-2005, 02:12 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Buffalo, NY
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Jobs at Linspire
I recently found out that Linspire is based out of San Diego, CA. Has anyone worked for them? I am interested in applying and wanted to see some LQ user's opinions.
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08-02-2005, 02:26 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Debian Squeeze
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Don't know if they are hiring people at Linspire but you could send an email to Kendall Dawson (The Community Liayson for Linspire) at Kendall@linspireinc.com and ask about it.
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08-02-2005, 02:34 PM
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there is a link on the linspire page to the jobs.... i know they had SOME listed not too long ago but not sure how long the position will last since linspire will probably close shop before long....IMO
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08-02-2005, 02:41 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
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please note my sig!!
referenced to this--"linspire will probably close shop before long....IMO"
Last edited by ME-MYSELF-I; 08-02-2005 at 02:55 PM.
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08-02-2005, 02:48 PM
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Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Debian Testing
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ME-MYSELF-I - why would they need to look at your sig? Try to post on-topic please.
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08-02-2005, 02:54 PM
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i looked and seen that last line and agree completely
"refusing to look at reality"
you have to do that to use linspire with all the disadvantages it has.... especially concerning the non-compliance with the GPL that is supposedly now all cleared up but I still havent seen a source cd....
i just wanted to point out that I was helping and posting on topic and someone from the linspire d crowd attacked me first.... later they will deny that as well....
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08-02-2005, 02:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by jaketate
i looked and seen that last line and agree completely
"refusing to look at reality"
you have to do that to use linspire with all the disadvantages it has.... especially concerning the non-compliance with the GPL that is supposedly now all cleared up but I still havent seen a source cd....
i just wanted to point out that I was helping and posting on topic and someone from the linspire d crowd attacked me first.... later they will deny that as well....
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Well I know they offer downloads of ALL their sourcecode (except for the NON-GPLd stuff like CNR).
I don't know about CD's you can have them ship to you, but they were working on this. but I guess it would be DVD's since I remember downloading 2DVD ISO's once with the entire sourcecode for Linspire 5.0 and the stuff in CNR (but I can be wrong about that cnr stuff).
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08-02-2005, 03:08 PM
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Registered: Mar 2004
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as has been stated many places and many times Opinions are a dime a dozen.
jobs they do have posted on occasion.
I use linspire and I like it . I'm not a big gamer, don't run money accounts on it , not a big music person .
photos I just take an d store until I think I want them.
e-mail works great for me.
I don't demand a lot from my OS
even with the little that I expect of it I'm still a lifetime insider.
I'm hopping I'm not the one you considered as jumping on ya.
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08-02-2005, 03:10 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Calif.
Distribution: debian
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Quote:
Originally posted by jaketate
linspire will probably close shop before long....IMO
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Are you basing that opinion on anything factual, or is it like your other opinions?
Since Microsoft just paid more than $22M to Linspire, my view is that they are better funded than almost every other distro except Red Hat. And that's a fact.
Peter
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08-02-2005, 03:13 PM
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Calif.
Distribution: debian
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Originally posted by jaketate
especially concerning the non-compliance with the GPL that is supposedly now all cleared up but I still havent seen a source cd.
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You do seem to be having difficulties that most other users don't.
I have on my desktop as I'm writing this, the complete source for the Linspire distro - downloaded last week off their site. Anyone can download it, as the GPL requires.
There never was any Linspire non-compliance with the GPL. Jake, do you have some information otherwise, or is this another of your fictional opinions?
Peter
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08-02-2005, 03:18 PM
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uh ever heard of novell... you know suse...
mandrake.... etc...
If that is a fact then you ahev the financial documents to prove it correct? So linspire finally became profitable, when did that happen?
so you think patrick of slack isnt well funded? thats because he doesnt need it.... 20million, what is that about 6months operating costs?
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08-02-2005, 03:20 PM
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then please order me a source cd of ver 4.5.189 developers edition thru the mail and let me know when it arrives....
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08-02-2005, 03:23 PM
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Originally posted by ME-MYSELF-I
please note my sig!!
referenced to this--"linspire will probably close shop before long....IMO"
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knew he would change it.... 
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08-02-2005, 03:25 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Belgium
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Quote:
Originally posted by jaketate
then please order me a source cd of ver 4.5.189 developers edition thru the mail and let me know when it arrives....
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WHY don't you just request the CD yourself ?
that way you can provide them with your shipping adress
just send a mail to kendall@linspireinc.com and he'll forward the request to the correct person.
Oh, and I don't think ANY outsider has access to their financial information so I doubt anybody here is gonna be able to give the true facts on it.
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08-02-2005, 03:38 PM
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i did all that... still have screenshots and emails that show all of it.....
including the part that said that linspire does not offer source code cds.....
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