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Lindows Ordered To Stop Using Lindows Name

Posted by michael on from the wah-wah-waaaaaaaaaahhhh dept.

TheSpoom writes "InfoWorld reports that Lindows, a distribution of Linux and other software designed to emulate Windows, has been ordered to drop their name after Microsoft won a preliminary injunction yesterday from judges in Finland and Sweden."

2 of 922 comments (clear)

  1. Re:New names for Lindows... by frodo+from+middle+ea · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ah like the knights who previously used to say NI!.

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    for the last time people, I am "frodo from middle eaRTH", not "middle eaST".
  2. The answer..... by vwjeff · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    who's job is it to inform a defendant of a lawsuit?

    Simple, the RIAA. They may tell you or they may not. I surrender to my RIAA overlords. Off topic but couldn't resist.