Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Lindows Changes Name to 'Linspire'

Posted by timothy on from the bully-meets-showoff dept.

Robert Nicholson writes "As previously covered, Lindows has decided to change its name thanks to Microsoft legal threats. Well it has just announced the new name - Linspire - clever, huh? There's a site at Linspire.com. The full story and the history behind it all are covered on Techworld."

2 of 418 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Little guys can't fight a giant... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    > I doubt there's a single company that could handle being dragged through the world's courts by Microsoft,

    It was a PR Stunt from the very beginning. If they were really scared of MS' Legal Dept, they would have never picked "Lindows" in the beginning.

    And since they made the slashdot frontpage again, their plan is working great.

  2. How MS was able to trademark it by tepples · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Windows" is not a common noun in countries that do not have English as an official language. Among European countries, only the UK and Ireland seem to speak English in the trademark office.