In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:28:47 +0000
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> __/ [ Peter Köhlmann ] on Monday 26 February 2007 15:00 \__
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>> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>>
>>> on Feb 26 2007 13:41:17 +0000 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Online software may be the next big thing, but Microsoft
>>>>> has no right to use our trademark without permission,"
>>>>> said Office Live's CEO, Lenny Targon.
>>>
>>> MS should rename it Live Office, like they did with 'Office Open' so as
>>> not to be confused with Open Office .. :)
>>
>> Yes. Certainly. After all, "Lindows" sounded so much like "windows"
>> MS *naturally* had to sue to protect their trademark.
>> If they blatantly and knowingly use the trademark of another company, it is
>> just the normal business practice of MS. Just move on, nothing to see
>> here...
>
> They actually paid Linspire $30 million, IIRC, in order to have /their/ name
> changed. FWIW, there's also a business in Australia that's called something
> like Vista Windows. They don't seem to mind. And let's not forget iPhone,
> which had two giants wrestle and eventually settle.
>
> Oh! And Longhorn is apparently the name of some pub where the name was
> conceived. And it'll be the server.
>
Linux is also very hot stuff and very clean.
(It's a fireplace and laundry soap.)
Not to be outdone, Unix is toilet paper and a fire
extinguisher, and "micro&soft" is a fabric softener.
http://folk.uio.no/hpv/linuxtoons/, near the bottom.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/otherunix.html
suggests even more uses for Unix, such as a massage device,
various pens, a form of barley, a fungicide for grain,
diapers, a TV antenna, and a blow dryer.
www.unix.co.jp might even be fashionable in some circles,
but it has nothing to do with the OS. :-)
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