__/ [ Stephen Fairchild ] on Saturday 17 June 2006 10:38 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | 10.No Microsoft Linux!: Microsoft could have and should have done its
>> | own version of Linux. It could have bought a Linux distro vendor or
>> | just christened some branch of Windows (with some Unix-compatibility
>> | add-ons) as Microsoft Linux. By doing this, Microsoft could have thrown
>> | a real monkey wrench into Linux companies' plans.
>
> Linus owns the trademark and would likely sue. How can you get away with
> calling a software stack, Linux, without including the kernel?
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