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Lindows Takes a Hit in the Netherlands

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the taking-the-business-elsewhere dept.

diersing writes "The Register has the latest on it. Resellers of the Linux distribution Lindows in the Netherlands were ordered today to stop selling the product. Amsterdam judge Rullmann agreed with Microsoft that in many ways Lindows is 'profiting from the success of Windows' by infringing on Microsoft's trademarks." This seems to be a rather common occurrence lately.

10 of 354 comments (clear)

  1. Re:fp? by iwasinnamuknow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    was going to but i couldn#t think of anything sensible to write. i happened to /. just as it was posted

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  2. WILDCAT IS ON TEH SPOKE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. yes by kemikalzen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you made it! you are a Winner!

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  4. profiting from the success of Windows by carm$y$ · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ... but do you have to type in the URL's? :)

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  5. Takes a hit, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, I guess it won't be going to them hash cafes no more...

  6. New Slashdot Business Model by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. Sell videos of yourself masturbating on eBay
    2. ???
    3. Profit!

  7. PILTAR MAN LIVES!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  8. Re:TRanslated from dutch website by phulshof · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    1 11 21 1211 111221 312211 13112221 ...

  9. Re:Seriously.. by lpret · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And I say well done Michael, well done.

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  10. Real world vs. fanboy fantasies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I am what most people would consider a highly trained technical professional. Unlike most people who spout off at this site, I have the certificates to prove this, and furthermore they're issued by the biggest software company in existence.

    I know how to tell facts from marketing fluff. Now, here are the facts as they're found by SEVERAL INDEPENDENT RESEARCH INSTITUTES:

    Expenses for file-server workloads under Windows, compared to LinuxOS:
    • Staffing expenses were 33.5% better.
    • Training costs were 32.3% better.


    They compared Microsofts IIS to the Linux 7.0 webserver. For Windows, the cost was only:
    • $40.25 per megabit of throughput per second.
    • $1.79 per peak request per second.


    Application development and support costs for Windows compared to an opensores solution like J2EE:
    • 28.2% less for large enterprises.
    • 25.0% less for medium organizations.


    A full Windows installation, compared to installing Linux, on an Enterprise Server boxen:
    • Is nearly three hours faster.
    • Requires 77% fewer steps.


    Compared to the best known opensores webserver "Red Hat", Microsoft IIS:
    • Has 276% better peak performance for static transactions.
    • Has 63% better peak performance for dynamic content.


    These are hard numbers and 100% FACTS! There are several more where these came from.

    Who do you think we professionals trust more?
    Reliable companies with tried and tested products, or that bedroom coder Thorwalds who publicly admits that he is in fact A HACKER???

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