-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Andrews Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Comparison of TN3270 Clients <snip> (By the way, does anybody else find Microsoft's use of the word "Vista" confusingly similar to Tom's product name?)
Actually a certain judge in the North West USofA was ready to keel-haul Micro$**t over Windows. It was found that Windows is a GENERIC name and so it can't be perfected for a trademark. A certain company, Lindows, got shoved into an out of court settlement (in my opinion because of M/S filing nusance suits in the Netherlands and other places) so that M/S would not be seen to not own Windows after all. <sarcasm> So a problem with Vista? Nah, that could never be the case as M/S has all those lawyers to make sure that they don't infringe... </sarcasm> Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
