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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. Maybe not completely anti-linux. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Words like Microsoft aren't allowed either. It hard to say what they are going for here. Maybe preventing smack-talk too.

    1. Re:Maybe not completely anti-linux. by hc5duke · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I would guess "Microsoft" is banned to prevent phishing scams where someone pretends to be from MS

  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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    1. Re:Other words? by WwWonka · · Score: 5, Funny

      ubuntu,fedora,redhat...suse,novel? xandros, freespire...lindows...
      GPL.... FOSS Richard Stallman Linus torvalds al qaeda

      ...we didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the worlds been turning.

  3. Fortunately by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    SlashdotSUX seems to work just fine. OH SNAP!

  4. Correct me if I'm wrong (seriously) by Scottoest · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But doesn't XBOX Live prevent users from using any trademarked terms when making a username?

    If this is not the case, then my apologies.

    If it is (and I think it is), then kdawson, you really need to give this up already. You are fast becoming notorious for posting complete non-stories, especially when the subject is Microsoft.

    - Scott

    1. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong (seriously) by TheTopher · · Score: 5, Informative

      The Halo 3 Public Beta demonstrated a new feature that allows players to choose an alphanumeric "call sign" of the form A00. The call sign "N64" was not allowed due to trademark issues. I would imagine that such issues are the same reason why Linux is not allowed in gamer tags.

  5. Snow by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    A friend hated snow so much that he put it in his dial-up BBS's filter, so "snow" would be rendered "****".

    Someone decided to post a Christmas song, to hilarious results from the other possible 4-letter substitutions. He relented and removed it from the filter.

    Unfortunately, I'm not certain what song it was: "Frosty the ****man" or "Let It ****" are the ones that leap to mind.

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

    "Windows" is also a disallowed word.

  7. Try "monkeyboy" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or maybe "chairboy".

    How about "monkeychairboy"?

  8. Re:I registered by megaditto · · Score: 5, Funny

    StallMan? Does that refer to the FOSS geek or to the gay Senator?

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  9. Re:MSN messenger... by Reverend528 · · Score: 5, Funny

    My friend Frank Ucker had this problem.

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  10. *Sigh* by Seven001 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Blizzard does the same thing in World of Warcraft. No trademarks as names.

    As others have suggested, we should bash Microsoft for what they deserve to be bashed for, not stupid shit like this.

  11. Horny not allowed. "FingeredAnus" is O.K.! by J_Omega · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/2007/09/04.htm l

    Posted today. They pulled this guys 3-yo tag of "HornyChinchilla" because, it is assumed, they found it to be offensive.

    Their filter suggested "Fingered" and completely accepted "FingeredAnus"

    I'm sure that there's a joke in there somewhere about how it feels to use MS products...