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[Coder]

Hi,

M$ got it done there. They convinced the judge in Sweden that Lindows has to stop there. Lindows, Lindows.com or LindowsOS may not be used. If they do then the punishment is 335.000 Euro. It's not the end of it but for now this is what the judge decided.

I never used Lindows but it's just that M$ seems to be going just after anyone. Next up Window cleaning stuff for using the name Windows. :-)

Coder

[fx]

where is this country going

[Coder]

@fx

where is this country going

The way M$ wants it to go.

Coder

[Step]

The decision is just temporary, awaiting a final word in court about the name dispute (U.S. court ?). Nevertheless, the name is very similar, and if MS has a valid claim to the name Windows, then they deserve this kind of decision.

[Coder]

@Step

I am not going into a discussion with you since you seem to be good with an axe. :-P

Coder

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Oh cripes, would you like it when you've got a product on the market and someone's coming up with a quite similar product (wich is ofcourse their good right) AND WITH quite a similar name?

Like a company comes up with a pc product with the name "Amigo" for instance (And I believe there is one)?

[Wolfe]

Windows - Lindows - Sound kinda the same but spelled different. Look basically the same. But. . . .

M$ is just trying anything and everything they can to keep the field as free of competition as possible.

M$ . . . Gates etc. . . . Suck !

They want to make everyone into an M$ Borg.

But resistance is not futile for those who have a strong mind, will and need to be different. . .

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Did I say I was pro-MS?
I only say they're right in just this case.
And they're not right in cases of users with crashing computers causing data loss and so according to me.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

And MS did the majority to themselves

[voytech]

It's stupid.. Lindows and Windows - names are different, so what's the deal.. Maybe M$ should change name of heir product to Windex or something..

Ooopss.. Windex already exists (glass washing fluid).. :-)

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I just think the name "Windows" is lousy because it is a common word. I think it should be forbidden for companies to put a copyright on common words. The same for Amiga ofcourse.

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Amiga should just be called Lorraine (if that's not a common word)

[voytech]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
Amiga should just be called Lorraine (if that's not a common word)

Lorraine!!??
Imagine a situation in a store:
-Hi, Im looking for 2,5" hdd for my Lorraine??
-Huh? Thought that trucks doesn't need hdds.. :-D :-D

[Speelgoedmannetje]

Well, ok another name then. But I hope you get my point.

[alx]

Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
I just think the name "Windows" is lousy because it is a common word. I think it should be forbidden for companies to put a copyright on common words. The same for Amiga ofcourse.

IMO "Windows" is far worse. "Amiga" happens to mean something in Spanish, but I'm sure that some other companies have names like that. To most people interested in the platform it isn't a common word.

"Windows" on the other hand could simply be taken to mean the most obvious feature of the system - movable Windows (which MacOS had before, and were called "Windows" before). IIRC Lindows were arguing that the "Windows" trademark was valid due to this.