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Linux Trademark Rejected in Australia

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the minor-setbacks dept.

daria42 writes "Linus Torvalds' bid to have the word 'Linux' trademarked in Australia has failed, with the local intellectual property regulator sending his lawyer a vitriolic letter deriding efforts to provide evidence the trademark application was legitimate. In the letter, the regulator points out that information from Wikipedia and Google used by the lawyer to support the trademark application is simply not effective in making the case for a trademark to be registered."

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  1. IP BANS CANNOT STOP ME! BWAHAHAHAHAH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    LINUX versus Windows XP

    XP: Has the most advanced and easy to use GUI available.
    LINUX: Has no GUI of note.

    XP: Supported by the world's largest and most trusted software company.
    LINUX: Supported by some losers who got kicked off of the 386LINUX core team

    XP: Available for preinstalled on computers from every major manufacturer.
    LINUX: Available for as an unstable source release that you have to compile yourself in C and then manually build your own base system.

    XP: Stable and reliable, and scalable from the desktop to the datacenter.
    LINUX: Basically unusable due to major bugs. And it doesn't fix LINUX's SMP problems, so don't worry about running it on your server.

    XP: Everyone else uses it, so it has all the popular software.
    LINUX: It runs...uh...vi...and...uhm...thats it actually...

    XP: Microsoft has a licensing agreement with SCO, so all SCO IP is fully licensed when you buy a licensed copy of XP!
    LINUX: You may be liable for the same $699 licensing fee as linux users if you use it, after all, Microsoft is already paying licensing fees for the same code.

    XP: Alive
    LINUX: Dead

    As you can see, LINUX is the clear choice!

  2. LINUX SUCKS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    when will linux stop sucking??

  3. Re:Stupid question, but why linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    First, to all you Slashdotters out there - I'm not trying to feed the trolls - this post looks legit to me - I'm just trying to help someone navigate what I'm sure you realize is very confusing - the Open Source world.

    1: The post isn't legit

    2: You ARE trying to feed the trolls

    3: STFU and go away. It's obvious from your post you're an idiot, in league with the OP, or both.

  4. Re:Oy Weh! by madprof · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Serves you right for not checking what you were downloading.
    Did you think Mr Hands was a kiddies entertainer?