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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. Re:And to think I was going to buy an Xbox 360!! by Liquidrage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your joking right?

    I do not think I am getting it just to be denied my First Ammandment rights
    No where in the 1st does it grant you the right to a name of your choosing on a private network. Come on now. If care enough to be concerned about it, you should at least know something about it.


    Oh, and btw, there is no story here. If you'd read some of the other comments you'd see there are a lot of words like this not allowed.

  2. Re:Maybe not completely anti-linux. by VENONA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I hope your mother gets diarrhea tonight."

    But think of the children!

    --
    What you do with a computer does not constitute the whole of computing.
  3. Nothing to see here by yayotters · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nothing to see here, move along.