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Post #22,278 by pwhysall 12/22/01 6:00:12 AM Reply	They didn't register the trademark... ...because it's not called "X-Windows", never has, and never will be. From the man page: The X Consortium requests that the following names be used when referring to this software: X X Window System X Version 11 X Window System, Version 11 X11 X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #22,293 by a6l6e6x 12/22/01 1:43:02 PM Reply	OK then, how about Nifty Doorways? :) Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #22,302 by Ashton 12/22/01 7:11:03 PM Reply	Love. It. Maybe Chris can arrange a certain royalty and.. With that imprimatur, who could complain about er poor service? (And who.. could 'sue' --> confirming that Nify Doorways and the Evul Empire are indeed one and the same ??) er Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. Cackle.. BONUS: more folks (who need to..) would discover Help Desk and note that Windoze rhymes with crash, rhymes with cas$ So.. who's gonna broker the deal? Ashton

M$ sues Lindows over name. - (Steve Lowe) - (13) - Dec. 20, 2001, 09:26:34 PM EST

Ah well - (nking) - (6) - Dec. 21, 2001, 01:02:02 PM EST

How about L-Windows? - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Dec. 21, 2001, 11:12:31 PM EST

First . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2001, 12:47:38 AM EST

They are all ripoff artists - (nking) - Dec. 22, 2001, 04:15:11 AM EST

They didn't register the trademark... - (pwhysall) - (2) - Dec. 22, 2001, 06:00:12 AM EST

OK then, how about Nifty Doorways? :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Dec. 22, 2001, 01:43:02 PM EST

Love. It. - (Ashton) - Dec. 22, 2001, 07:11:03 PM EST

M$ demands Lindows database of clients - (Steve Lowe) - (5) - Jan. 15, 2002, 03:06:49 PM EST

Or they want to shake down users for licenses... ChaChing. -NT - (Another Scott) - (3) - Jan. 15, 2002, 04:46:15 PM EST

Or they want to spam them with offers for Windows XP - (nking) - Jan. 15, 2002, 05:25:30 PM EST

I seem to recall . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Jan. 15, 2002, 09:56:47 PM EST

But what about WINE, WABI, ODIN? - (nking) - Jan. 16, 2002, 07:59:57 PM EST

Geez, talk about putting the F into FUD... -NT - (Meerkat) - Jan. 15, 2002, 06:13:59 PM EST