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Xbox Live Disallows Linux, Unix As Keywords

Posted by kdawson on from the way-beyond-childish dept.

shafty023 writes "The Xbox Live online service disallows screen names like LINUXRULES, L I N U X, and other variations of these kinds. Other bloggers are reporting that variants of 'Unix' also result in the message: 'Your motto contains inappropriate language. Please try again.'" If this is an extension of Microsoft's anti-Linux campaign, perhaps it's time they gave it up.

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  1. MSN messenger... by ccs.gott · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Didn't Microsoft do something similar with MSN messenger? I seem to remember not being able to use the F bomb in my Display Name...

    1. Re:MSN messenger... by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      In February 2003 Members of Parliament at the British House of Commons found that a new spam filter was blocking e-mails containing references to the Sexual Offences Bill then under debate, as well as some messages relating to a discussion about censorship. [11]

      That one is pure gold.
  2. Other words? by FST · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can someone try...other words like

    ubuntu,fedora,redhat...suse,novel? xandros, freespire...lindows...

    GPL.... FOSS

    Richard Stallman Linus torvalds al qaeda?

    Just wondering what's allowed and what isn't.

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  3. It's also worth nothing that... by Mike+Rubits · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Windows" is also a disallowed word.

  4. Flamebait? by mattgreen · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm curious why exactly the parent comment is flamebait. I'm sure someone has an excellent reason for moderating it that way, so why not share it with us?