On what basis can you say that Microsoft owns Linspire? They were suing the former Lindows all over the place. With the Novell/SuSE intrigue, they are going after bigger fish. My guess is that they want a pirce of IBM's and Red Hat's action, or at very least to make themselves more indispensible.
I didn't say Microsoft owned Linspire. I said there were RUMORS that Microsoft owned Linspire "in secret".
Of course rumors are like a**holes...now sure how, but...