In response, Linspire, Inc. CEO Kevin Carmony stated via a journalist on the Linspire website that in ten years of holding out, the FOSS community has made relatively few gains, that many users are already using proprietary software and, although some would hold out, most would prefer to have something that works rather than nothing. He also asserted that the company believed in open source software, but also in the freedom of individuals to choose whatever software they want. See also Commercial use of copyleft works References External links Official website LugRadio podcast featuring an interview with Kevin Carmony Lindows reggae song included with Lindows OS Debian-based distributions Proprietary software Ubuntu derivatives Linux distributions