Isn't it amazing that governments an organisations in their great wisdom allow such common names to be copyrighted in the first place.
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-8246647.html > > "Microsoft asked a court on Thursday to stop a Linux start-up from using a > name the software giant contends infringes on the Windows trademark." > The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant filed a motion with the U.S. Court > for the Western District of Washington against Lindows , which is developing > a version of the Linux operating system that will run popular applications > written for Microsoft's Windows OS." > > "We're not asking the court to stop the company from making their products," > said Microsoft spokesman Jon Murchinson. "What we're saying is they should > not use a name that could confuse the public and infringe on our valuable > trademark." > > "Lindows is based on the Wine project, an open-source effort to mimic the > commands that Windows programs use. The San Diego-based Lindows company was > launched earlier this year by Michael Robertson, former CEO of digital music > site MP3.com. > > Robertson characterized the move as another attempt by Microsoft to thwart a > viable threat to its Windows empire. > > "If they're alleging that people are going to be confusing Microsoft Corp. > with Lindows.com, I think there's zero potential of that happening," he said. > "If people are confused, just remember that we're not the convicted > monopolist." > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
