Re: [opensuse-factory] GM release
Reply on 06-12-2006 9:46:09 <<< BTW: The Lindows debacle should serve to remind us what can happen when the beast from Redmond considers itself (or its income streams!) threatened...
Don't get this one: lindows got quiet a bunch of Money from Microsoft, so nothing bad happened. MS did NOT win that process in court, but the judge started to doubt that the registered trademark "Windows" could be faulty. so what exactly was bad here? Dominique --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Dominique Leuenberger wrote:
Reply on 06-12-2006 9:46:09 <<< BTW: The Lindows debacle should serve to remind us what can happen when the beast from Redmond considers itself (or its income streams!) threatened...
Don't get this one: lindows got quiet a bunch of Money from Microsoft, so nothing bad happened. MS did NOT win that process in court, but the judge started to doubt that the registered trademark "Windows" could be faulty.
First I've heard about them getting paid to go away by the beast - more relevantly though they *did* change their name, presumably as a direct result of those 'discussions'. This is getting a bit OT now... -- Cheers Richard. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On Wednesday 06 December 2006 11:51, richard (MQ) wrote:
First I've heard about them getting paid to go away by the beast - more relevantly though they *did* change their name, presumably as a direct result of those 'discussions'.
Then you missed a big part of the news from that trial. In an out-of-court settlement, Lindows was paid a largeish amount of money - 20 million USD - to change its name. http://www.linuxtoday.com/news/2004071902626NWMSLL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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Dominique Leuenberger
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