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Questions over the Windows Trademark

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seizing-control-of-the-english-language dept.

TTop writes "As part of the Lindows lawsuit, the judge has preliminarily ruled that there are 'serious questions regarding whether "Windows" is a non-generic name and thus eligible for the protections of federal trademark law.'" I've always been bothered by Microsoft's habit of naming things using common words (Then again, my history of naming things includes confusing and bizarre names like 'Slashdot' and 'AnimeFu' so what do I know? :)

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  1. Who cares? by mcrbids · · Score: 1, Troll
    Lindows is one of those "wannabes". It's not a distro I, a Linux user, would want to use. It's not something that a Windows Gamer would want to use, either.

    So what is its core market?

    I just don't see one, and Lindows will disappear all on its own.

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    I have no problem with your religion until you decide it's reason to deprive others of the truth.