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Lindows Allowed to Use Company Name in Holland

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the a-company-by-any-other-name dept.

Supp0rtLinux writes "It appears that Lindows/Linspire has finally made some headway against Microsoft in the Netherlands. According this article, the Judge ruled that Linspire's continued, but minimal use of 'Lindows' for legal and trademark purposes doesn't violate Microsoft's trademark. With the US court date on this issue coming up soon, one can only wonder if Microsoft will have effectively cut off its nose to spite its face. And following immediately on the heels of today's Netherlands news, the latest Michael's Minutes from Linspire pegs all the blame for virus problems on Microsoft and basically says that Linux (well, Lindows anyway) is the cure."

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  1. heyheyhey by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tyler!!!yioyoaoyrorafjadfasfsafsafjdsa

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post :)

  3. Could it be? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fist pr0st?

  4. What a Linspiring outcome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I guess Microsoft's lawyers were Lindozing on the job.

  5. robbIE's fauxking pateNTdead PostBlock censorship by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    devise, STILL broken? despite bullocking IPs from annapolis to annaheim. what a surprise?

    Due to excessive bad posting from this IP or Subnet, anonymous comment posting has temporarily (forever, if we had some ept) been disabled. You can still login to post. However, if bad posting continues from your IP or Subnet that privilege could be revoked as well. If it's you, consider this a chance to sit in the timeout corner or login and improve your posting . If it's someone else, this is a chance to hunt them down (like with fuddles' phonIE bouNTy hunter scam). If you think this is unfair, we just don't care.

    lookout bullow. tell 'em robbIE?

    all is not lost.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators.... the returns are immeasurable/infinite.

    see you there?

  6. I'm going to trademark "gates" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As in "Gates of Hell"

  7. So how long... by innerlimit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    before Apple sues LinSpire over their website design?

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    The Awful Truth
  8. Don't be silly... by rainwadj · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linspire pegs all the blame for virus problems on Microsoft and basically says that Linux (well, Lindows anyway) is the cure.

    Everyone KNOWS that Mac OS X is the REAL cure.

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    A computer without Windows is like a cake without mustard.
  9. Re:It's nice to hear good things from my country. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Yes, of course. But have you ever looked at the mess the US is making in Iraq?

    Oh, and BTW, didn't the Dutch found New York (or Nieuw Amsterdam as it was called then)?

    Yeah, the US is THE most important country in the world, at least the they think they are (maybe they should start thinking...)