[PLUG] Lindows Mobile PC

Carla Schroder pluglist at bratgrrl.com
Thu Feb 20 10:08:02 UTC 2003


On Thursday 20 February 2003 09:46 am, Robby Russell wrote:
>.... but he's always getting a lot of attention from the
> general public and advocating linux.

It is possible that Microsoft will lose its Windows trademark because of 
Michael Robertson. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/30/technology/30LOGO.html
login: secretchimp password: matahairy

Microsoft sued Lindows, but already Lindows has scored some legal victories.
 "In his order last March, Judge Coughenour denied Microsoft's request for a 
preliminary injunction in a 29-page order indicating that the little-known 
defendant had scored some points.

"Although Lindows.com certainly made a conscious decision to play with fire by 
choosing a product and company name that differs by only one letter from the 
world's leading computer software program," the judge wrote, "one could just 
as easily conclude that in 1983 Microsoft made an equally risky decision to 
name its product after a term commonly used in the trade to indicate the 
windowing capability of a G.U.I.... Lindows.com was emboldened. It sued to 
invalidate Microsoft's trademark on Windows in October and asked for a 
summary judgment."

Lindows funded the XBox hacking contest, 
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-978957.html. $200,000 prize! whee!

But then they pissed off everyone by taking over the Desktop Linux Summit:
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4417146902.html

Walmart PCs running Lindows are top-sellers. Whatever anyone may think of 
Michael Robertson, he's having an impact.

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