tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229364574561265729.post3678083766639898844..comments2023-05-26T06:11:32.356-07:00Comments on Kevin Carmony's Blog: Michael Robertson Continues His Shell Game with Linspire's Missing CashKevin Carmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18184610794401604177noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229364574561265729.post-57420229837719760752008-10-25T08:36:00.000-07:002008-10-25T08:36:00.000-07:00kEVIN, THANKS FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS SITUATION...kEVIN, THANKS FOR STAYING ON TOP OF THIS SITUATION,you are a man on integrity and i applaud that.I have purchased linspire 4.5,5.0 and have loved the OS.Im am so disappointed in what MR has done to use all.I thought in a few short years linspire was going to be the alternitive to windows. Maybe Bill Gates realized that and had xandros pull the plug on linspire thru the back door.maybe someone will revive linspire under a diff name we need compition for windows please keep us informed and God bless you. Dave BozzaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229364574561265729.post-73019447477711572482008-10-18T15:55:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:55:00.000-07:00John,I mostly use my Mac Pro tower desktop and my ...John,<BR/><BR/>I mostly use my Mac Pro tower desktop and my Macbook Air when I travel. I also have a Ubuntu 8.04 PC which I enjoy for keeping an eye on the progress of Linux on the desktop. I use Parallels on my Mac running Vista for testing of our Dating DNA website on the Windows platform.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to trying Ubuntu 8.10 in 12 days when it's released.<BR/><BR/>KevinKevin Carmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184610794401604177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229364574561265729.post-33736633096851016412008-10-18T15:01:00.000-07:002008-10-18T15:01:00.000-07:00What a murky situation. I thought Freespire had re...What a murky situation. I thought Freespire had real potential, so I was a bit disappointed to see it go down the pan like this :(<BR/><BR/>Out of interest what OS do you use Kevin? Do you have a Macbook? Vista? XP? Ubuntu? Or do you dual/triple boot? Just curious :)<BR/><BR/>-JohnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229364574561265729.post-1945100572665618662008-10-17T23:30:00.000-07:002008-10-17T23:30:00.000-07:00back to posting with my Google account name The fe...back to posting with my Google account name <BR/><BR/>The feeling about Michale changed drastically after being at lindows/linspire. once i figured out that MP3.com was for MR like hitting 15 A,K straight at the black jack table and then getting as many spade royal flushes in the poker room. I thought he was a visionary like Steve Jobs. Instead i think he suffers from acute SJE (Steve Jobs Envy) syndrome. MR does have some good ideas however he is not willing to get out of the way and let people that know what they are doing make things work. I would love to work with most of the people from Linspire again. Kevin was cool although I did not interact much directly with him... and i felt the managment team was really trying to make the product work.<BR/>I recenty bout one of the Dell Mini 9 netbooks.... and i think dell has done what Linspire was trying... a preinstalled Linux that grandma can use without having the support department at her beck and call to help her get things working. And don't think i am knocking Linspire here I am not. we were close and I think we could have done what we needed to do to get there.<BR/>we lacked 2 things <BR/>1. the resources dell has to get thins functioning corectly. <BR/>2. A founder letting the skilled people to do their jobs and not throw random new ideas at them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13475450391680360721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229364574561265729.post-17256592300598060482008-10-17T13:55:00.000-07:002008-10-17T13:55:00.000-07:00jimmershere,I have never seen Robertson give much ...jimmershere,<BR/><BR/>I have never seen Robertson give much value to employees. He berates them, curses at them, looks down on them, patronizes them, and takes them for granted. His view seems to be that because he puts up the "money," that's all that counts. He seems to feel that everyone is replaceable and that HE is doing all the employees a favor by providing them a job. He fails to understand, as you have correctly pointed out, the REAL value in a company are the people (employees).<BR/><BR/>A company is only doing someone a "favor" by hiring them if they are a really terrible employee. It's the COMPANY that is FORTUNATE to have a GOOD employee. If you treat your employees like you're always doing them a favor, all the really good people will leave and you're left with those who feel just having ANY job is the best they can hope for.<BR/><BR/>When I first started working with Michael, he told me he didn't have any close friends. All these years later, seeing how he treats people, I can see why.<BR/><BR/>KevinKevin Carmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18184610794401604177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229364574561265729.post-7413751215364445522008-10-17T13:37:00.000-07:002008-10-17T13:37:00.000-07:00Kevin, I've been reading about the situation w/ Li...Kevin, I've been reading about the situation w/ Linspire(AKA Lindows) all day. It caught me by surprise at first; I was a fan of some of the early versions of Lindows and thought (like others)it could be a great product. In fact I contributed money to Lindows through it's website years ago(so in some small way I too am a stakeholder in the now defunct company). I communicated with Michael a couple times via email as well. Wow! I can't believe the guy is such an a$$hole! I've never run nor started my own company (yet), but I have helped other owners with their startups, which taught me that THE MOST important assets a company has are it's reputation and a group of talented employees. I can't imagine what it's like to be so drunk with greed and corruption that you are willing to ruin your employees lives and their own reputations. (What's it like Michael?) Then ON TOP OF THAT, he has likely stolen millions of dollars from Linspire's stockholders and investors. <B> What a despicable bag of sh*t!</B> Kevin, I'm glad you're trying to help get to the bottom of this mess. I despise people devoid of any kind of ethics; they're very self-serving, often-times sociopathic. Please keep us updated on what's being done to expose Michael Robertson as a thief. It would be nice to see justice prevail.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031820403283646192noreply@blogger.com