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LinuxDeveloperNews- Microsoft And "The World's Easiest Desktop Linux" 
                       June 15, 2007
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Microsoft And "The World's Easiest Desktop Linux" 
Brian Vuyk | Expert Author

Yesterday, Microsoft and Linspire Inc. announced a ‘protection deal'
for the small Linux vendor.

Linspire develops and markets the Linspire distribution of Linux,
marketed as ‘The World's Easiest Desktop Linux'.

Linspire LogoIn the terms of the deal, Microsoft has required that
Linspire set the Windows Live search engine as the default web
search on all future copies and releases of the Linspire OS. In
return, Microsoft will grant Linspire permission to use Truetype
Fonts, the Windows Media codecs, and has agreed to waive their
right to patent litigation against Linspire Inc, along with the
users of their Operating System.

This move is bound to make some waves in the Search industry for the
two things it signifies:

    1. Microsoft is beginning to really throw weight behind their
       search product.. Ok, this isn't exactly earth shattering, but
       the point is that through their patent-backed extortion
       practices, Microsoft could have gotten just about anything
       they wanted. However, all they asked for was the default
       search. What does this imply for the future?

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    2. It's an implicit recognition of the potential threat Linux is
       posing to Microsoft. Although the searches generated by
       Linspire before users reset the default search to Google
       probably will not make up a. overly significant portion of
       Microsoft's search volume. On the other hand, this seems like
       just the first in a series of battles Microsoft can fight 
       against Corporate-backed linux distributions. Will Microsoft
       be cutting similar Search deals with other corporate-backed
       Linux vendors?

Linspire is a distribution with a lot of potential. It is not aimed
at the geek crowd; rather, it seeks to imitate Windows to a certain
extent in order to make the switch to Linux as simple as possible
for businesses and individuals. In real world terms, it means that
the users are your average business people - salesmen, secretaries,
and the like. In practice, such users used Internet Explorer and
Microsoft Search regularly; they would probably happily continue
to use Microsoft Live search if that came as the default on Lindows
OS.

This is not Linspire Inc.'s first encounter with Microsoft. Back in
2002(?), Microsoft filed suit against the company forcing them to
change their name from ‘Lindows Inc.' as part of a $20 million
settlement.

Therefore, they were likely an easy target, since they already knew
the legal weight Microsoft could throw at them. 

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