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Lindows Agreeing to Change Name

Posted by simoniker on from the minus-w dept.

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."

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  1. Who Cares? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 1, Troll
    For me, it's kind of a "who cares" thing. For better or worse, Microsoft ownd the trademark on Windows as it relates to operating systems. Lindows was clearly named what it was for that reason.

    But it hardly matters really, Lindows is crap and sooner or later will vanish. Personnaly, I think Lindows is bad for Linux as far as gaining acceptance on the desktop or as a consumer OS.

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  2. Re:What ever happened to... by jared_hanson · · Score: 0, Troll

    Probably the same thing that happened to your two closing parenthesis.

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  3. Windows Millenium Edition doesn't rhyme with BeOS by AzrealAO · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not sure what language you're speaking though, so who knows, maybe it does.