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How Microsoft Takes a Name
An anonymous reader writes "According to a report in the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer," the Windows Defender name was already being used by an Australian developer, Adam Lyttle. His Windows Defender product protected Windows users from malicious Web sites. Adam Lyttle told the Post-Intelligencer's Todd Bishop that Microsoft contacted him a month ago, charging him with infringing on the Windows trademark but neglecting to mention that the software giant wanted to use the "Windows Defender" name. Lyttle subsequently signed over rights to the name to Microsoft and was "shocked" when he later learned the company intended to use the name for one of its own products. "
You have been assimilated by the Gates Borg. Resistance is (always) futile......
Much in the same way Benny, the prison inmate, takes a bitch?
Fenestration is a perfectly valid word, for windows, doors, etc.
I suggest that all Open software projects stop using the term 'Window' to describe areas in which applications display controls and content, and instead use the neutral term 'Fenestration'
Such as:
"X Window System" becomes "X Fenestration System"
"Window Manager" (WM) becomes "Fenestration Manager" (FM)
"TCP Window Size" becomes "TCP Fenestration Size"
"Rear Window" (Alfred Hitchcock) becomes "Rear Fenestration"
"Launch Window" (NASA) becomes "Launch Fenestration"
"Stained Glass Window" (Churches) becomes "Stained Glass Fenestration"
'wavelengths which pass through the atmosphere are said to "pass through a window."' (astronomy) becomes 'wavelengths which pass through the atmosphere are said to "pass through a Fenestration."'
Oh, shut up. War crimes? Don't forget that those "war crimes" of bombing Japanese cities actually ended the war there without the need for an invasion that would have cost many more lives on BOTH SIDES. And while it is true that the US didn't win the war in Europe, they DID save the Western European nations from brutal Soviet domination. What do you think postwar Europe would have looked like if the Soviets ruled it all? A worker's paradise?
Disclaimer: IANAL. This post is, however, legal advice, and creates an attorney-client relationship.