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Lindows Agreeing to Change Name
xandroid writes "It looks like Lindows.com has thrown in the towel for the fight to keep its name: the Seattle Times reports that they 'would not continue a worldwide legal battle with Microsoft.' They will announce the new name next Wednesday, although a favorite is Lindos -- 'because it's the W that is causing all the problems'." Update: 04/07 19:37 GMT by S : This is worth clarifying - Michael Robertson is claiming "...the company will go by a different name outside the U.S. until it can win the right to use the Lindows name internationally."
because it's the W that is causing all the problems
So the name isn't going to be Winux - because problems with Ws.
I always kind of figured that Lindows would have to cave eventually. Microsoft is just too big and powerful to square off with over the name of a product, and I'm surprised that someone would create a name so obviously based on Microsoft's main product without considering the fact that the software giant would be almost forced to take legal action.
Instead of Lindos, how about Lindros? They could use the handsome face of the Canadian-born New York Ranger as their logo, but what slogan would they use? Maybe something about hacking?
You are in error. No-one is screaming. Thank you for your cooperation.
Enough like the old one to retain the brand recognition, and they can point out it is LindOS, if MS comes a-suing again. Of course, the question is "will it keep sucking?" ;)
...why not just call it "Windos"? ;)
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Strange- the American economy and international reputation has the same issue. Its that W. thats causing all the problems
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Finally, a win for the little guy!
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The new name will now be:
Wierdows
Life is the leading cause of death in America.
Am I the only one who sees a connection with US politicians?? :P
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LinDOES
because WinCANT
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Someone give the entire company a moderation of "+1, Troll", thanks :)
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don't choose "firebird" I think they will be okay
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I think the new name should be NotWindows.
:)
How can they complain? Its obviously not windows, right?
DOS is dead, and no one cares...
If there's a Bourne Shell, I'll see you there
Strike W from Windows and you get INDOS, which is an accurate description of the product.
Not in America.
taken! (by Davidleeroth) Thanks Bingo Foo!
Ooh, ooh: FireLind. Or, better yet, LindFox.
I think the solution should be a stab at microsoft. Maybe, "Bill Gates has no penis". Obviously they would have to create a cartoonish character that has the name bill gates, and that would be the particular bill gates in question. So there would be no confusion.
We're talking about politics, right?
They're selling LS-D? The DEA will be after their sorry asses.
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During the Anti-trust proceedings, MS gave "make work" projects to all available Anti-Trust Lawyers that they could find. That way, the procecution couldn't find any lawyers to help them.
I wouldn't be suprised if MS went out an Trade Marked, Copyrighted or Patented any possible variations of Windows
Bindows, Cindows, Dindows, Findows, Gindows...
lindose, lindoz, lindohs, lindOS, lind0Z
Obama's legacy: (N)othing (S)ecure (A)nywhere and (T)error (S)imulation (A)dministration
It remins me of that story...
Guy asks to change his name...
Judge: It's not like that we need proof that your name is a bad one.
Guy: My name is Johm Crap
Judge: Yes, we'll change it right away. What would you like to be your new name?
Guy: Jack Crap...
how long until
...and then they could make the OS part real big and claim it's Wind OS. To highlight that the real name is really Wind they could have a grassy hill as the background with blue sky and fluffy clouds being blown about.
Of course, the whole slashdot communty could have a field day saying "WindOS really blows!" but, hey, you can't have everything.
TW
Uh oh, I don't think LinDOS would please Microsoft, they are going to complain it infringes on their DOS copyright. And besides, now all the techies are going to think its a dos emulator for linux or something. Since it will now be the D that is causing trouble I suggest they take out the D and become LinOS. But then MS will complain it sounds too much like WinOS or something. So I suggest the just change the name to L. Microsoft cannot complain at all about the L. You could even call the theL that would be kinda catchy.
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Gazziza Dilznoofus! Get with the crezappy power of Wiznitch OS... Wiznitch got tha upstate prison flavor that keeps you ugly all night long. So when you wanna get sick remember, nothing makes yo' feet stank like Wiznitch OS... DAMN! It's crezappy!!!"
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How about !Windows, cause then it could not be any clearer that is has nothing to do with windows.
Windows has hit an all time low, Good bye they said to the resturant Rob Lowe's!
"It's time to get them!" screamed 3M as they sue'ed their neighbors Aunt Em and IBM.
Cargill's fighting just the same, It appears Hank Hill is in the chill.
Burn those CDs Nero's dad said. Ahead get to burnin' but ahh then again. Now Bevis and Butthead are raging again, heard something something about thier big old heads.
Who's next, The Not-So-Soft Concrete company? I might see, but Too close to Microsoft, tee-hee.
Miramax and Cinamax, and Climax oh my, who will win that one, which one will die.
Honda sues Fonda and Ford sues the Lord, Paul Ruben is suing sandwich shops in accord with clock but a tick but that can't be cuz of BiC who sue the tick-tock if the Stanley's did sue cuz of their locks!
So how till Sony starts claim their ponies are phonies and sue dead Sonny for money cuz it's just not so funny while Cher start gearing for Sharepoint's ever pending sue fest and hearings on whether the only word that in english can be used is the single word...
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Wouldn't it be GNU/Winux?
When Apple was developing the Power Macintosh 7100, the interal code name for the computer was "Sagan", in honor of Carl Sagan. Carl Sagan sued and lost. Apple changed the name to "Butthead Astronomer". Sagan sued again, this time for libel, and lost again. So the the law will look the other way for more creative names. For example... DieRedmondDie, GatesUX, SueThis, BlueScreenOfDeath, BorgLawyer, or RedmondKeepYourHandsOffMyComputer. No law suit fodder here.
Are you an idiot? Three hundred trillion people have already thought they were clever pointing this out, and as always the reply is that DOS is a generic fucking term. Ever heard of AmigaDOS, DR-DOS, PC-DOS, QDOS, Apple DOS, FreeDOS or any of the other six fucking million operating systems called something-DOS that aren't by Microsoft and even predate MS-DOS in some cases? Of course you haven't, because you're an AOL-subscribing, Compaq-using fucking Windows XP faggot who signed up to Slashdot fucking yesterday. I spit on you and your kin. Go to hell before I fucking kill you.
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"I can't believe it's not windows"...
Mandwake
Swackware
WedHat
Winux
Whoa, I just realized how bad guys with speech impediments must hate this whole open source thing. Does any one high up in MS have one? Is the reason they gave IE away free that Ballmer got tired of the laughing when he said "Netscwape" in meetings?
There are 01 kinds of cars in the world. The General Lee, and everything else.
problem with Wind OS is that it sounds too much like "Wind Aw's" which is awful close to "Wind Ass" if you're British. Maybe that's OK, though.
Other ideas:
Wind Owes
Wind O's
Win Does (like the deer)
Win Doh's!
Or, for the far east flavor,
Nguyen Doze
SoSu Me
Ahh.. The mind what a wonderful trap!
"The Operating System Formally Known as Lindows"
...and call it Lindoze?
-- kortex "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts"
I suppose "Windex" is out of the question?
Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
Those who forget the past are doomed
Would that be spweading Fudd?
Tweet, tweet.
Don't put so much stock in a name, its not all that important.
I don't know about that. Take Phoenix Air for example. I don't know about you, but any airline named after a bird that burts into flames and plummets down from the sky won't be getting my business anytime soon.
Y'know, you can pop the key cap off quite easily with a knife blade or screwdriver, and press a new one in place. It can be fun to do this with a few of the odd keys on someone's keyboard. I knew someone once who liked the Dvorak keyboard, and moved all the key caps around on his keyboard to match that layout. Impressed the hell out of most visitors. I had this temptation to sneak in one day and move them all back, just to see the reaction.
Maybe someone should start making key caps with little Tux logos on them, for when you install linux and don't want that damned Windows logo to be on your nice machine.
A problem we have around our house is a cockatiel who sneaks in when he thinks you can't catch him, and pops off the key caps. So far we've always found them, but some day he's going to fly off with one and hide it. Or he'll figure out how to put them back on.
I have seen some replacement keys that say "Any".
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