[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
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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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