I never used Lindows but it's just that M$ seems to be going just after anyone.
Try holding a conversation with someone, and mention Lindows. 99% of the time, you'll have to clarify which OS you mean. You don't even have to mumble to confuse people. These Linux boys knew damn well what they were getting into, and they wanted to start a fight. We've got Debian, Suse, Mandrake... nah... let's call our Windows alternative Lindows, just to be a pain!
Regardless of your stance on whether "Windows" is a generic term or a valid trademark, they were looking for trouble, and they got it. It's one thing to have a name that sounds like a little, unknown company, but thumbing your nose at one of the biggest software companies in the world is begging for a lawsuit. Next, you'll have a company called EyeBM distributing PowerPC hardware.
Serves them right, and the more time they spend bitching with Microsoft about a name, they'll spend less time actually making an alternative.
Depends. If you want to bring out a new kind of chocolate biscuit then nobody will complain about the name, but if you design a new kind of monitor then you´ll be in trouble
Yup. You can't legistate morality, which is where common sense comes in. All it takes is a little originality and a 5-minute web search to know what you're up against. Besides, if you're not trying to make your product distinctive, you're just hoping to ride on someone else's success. Just look at all those Disney ripoffs. Some of them are so blatant, they make me puke.
Originality? What's that?
really. i don't like it. but the fact is everyone knows they "stole" the name from windows. a bit fuzzy, but they did. they want it to be a "copy" of windows, out of linux. and they chose the name lindows. you might say they are relly pushing it. alphabeticly, no it's not the same thing, but in reality everyone knows they stole the "concept". so why not?
The whole OS is stolen, so to speak. It's Linux, running someone else's shell, an X11 server, and (I believe) the KDE desktop. If it wasn't for click-n-run, it would just be another generic Linux distribution.
But then, the Oxford English dictionary isn't big enough for everybody... :-)
