First Vista, now Zune: Microsoft leaching Amiga names

[Jose]

@oddmario

"Now they have found facts that says it was not the way you learned at school."

 :lol: Sorry couln't resist. Just how do you think it's possible to prove that the information on so aging documents is actually true ? One says one thing, other leads to believe another. Who will you belive ? There are things that can't be proven by logic or science.

[Piru]

What should have been done was to turn the Zune page into a disambiguation page with links to the Amiga Zune content under a new name AND to Microsoft's player.

Like here?

@all
Can we just stop this {bleep} about Wikipedia and Microsoft now? :-)

[Matt_H]

@ Piru

Yes, exactly. :-)

[falemagn]

Who knows, but do your homework folks, a name is fair game if it's not properly registered.

The Linux guys don't seem  to think of it that way:

How can Linus Torvalds or LMI have existing rights over the word Linux if it's not registered here?

Because there is such a thing as an unregistered or "common law" trade mark whereby a person acquires rights in a name just by using it.

I say, AROS may have a case, and it might be fun to see where things go. :-)

[Noster]

Hi,

even if the name "Zune" is registered by the AROS team for the GUI, it is a registered name for a peace of software. The name is not registered for everything and so Microsoft could use the name for a peace of hardware.
If I like it I could open a company and name it Microsoft, if I have nothing to do with computers at all (maybe building "Microsoft Windows" and "Microsoft Doors" for your home :-D)

Noster

[falemagn]

even if the name "Zune" is registered by the AROS team for the GUI, it is a registered name for a peace of software. The name is not registered for everything and so Microsoft could use the name for a peace of hardware.

Zune isn't just a name for a piece of HW. From the Zune  Info site:

The Zune name has been confirmed and is now been officially used as an umbrella brand for what Microsoft says is “a family of hardware and software products” targeting various digital entertainment services, which should be out around November/Christmas time.

[dammy]

A long time ago in the USA we had a product called Dominoes Pizza. They were sued by a company called "Dominoes Sugar". In the end Dominoes Pizza got to keep their name.

Not quiet correct, it's "Domino's Pizza" vs "Domino Sugar".  the "'s  Pizza" was the saving grace for DPI.  Corporate use to get really hyper if anyone answered the phone by just saying "Dominos".

Dammy

[daydreamer]

There seems to be quite a few websites dedicated to this product.

I'm sure there were a cough sweet called Zunes before. I know there's Tunes but I am positive there was one called Zunes.

Eitherway, with the dominance of Microsoft so blatant nowadays we need to remember the statement...

"History is written by the victors"

In this sense it is a shame such quality products as Vista and Zune will be associated with Microsoft products, even if they are completely unrelated. However given the size of Microsoft and the once size of Amiga, it's only a matter of time before products start repeating the names of y'ore...

[Fransexy_]

What's next - a new MS tool called "Workbench" and a new Xbox called "Amiga"?

Well, you don´t see very suspicious that XBOX is very similar to ABOX  :-P

[Fransexy_]

What's next - a new MS tool called "Workbench" and a new Xbox called "Amiga"?

Well, there is a windows program named workbench, and there is a directory named MUI in windows.There is even a boingball in windowsXP.so, i´m very sorry but Microsoft has done it already  :-(  :-x  :madashell:  :pissed: