I have a solution here!
Microsoft once send a small gang (gaggle?) of lawers to my workshop to
shoot some photos and video or
an Apollo DN660 in operation.
They used this to win their case against Apple, proving their 'prior
art' claims.
If the Lindows people wish, they may use that VERY SAME DN660 against
Mircosoft.
R. D. Davis wrote:
>Quothe Martin Marshall, from writings of Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 06:46:54PM -0600:
>
>>I received a forwarded message that originated from lindows.com. They
>>are in a suit with Microsoft regarding the use of "Lindows,com".
>>Microsoft is suing Lindows for trademark violation. In the message,
>>
>
>Since when are rhyming words trademark violations?
>
>Bindows
>Cindows
>Dindows
>Findows
>Gindows
>Hindows
>Jindows
>Kindows
>Mindows
>Nindows
>Pindows
>Rindows
>Sindows
>Tindows
>Vindows
>Xindows
>Yindows
>Zindows
>
>Are all of these supposed to be trademark violations as well? Perhaps
>we should all create some web pages for these names of fictitious
>operating systems. :-)
>
>>Michael Robertson, with Lindows, is looking for old documentation of the
>>use of the word "windows" and "windowing" prior to 1983. I can't think
>>
>
>Simple. Such documentation goes back many hundreds of years.
>"windows" on a computer can be thought of as being similar to windows
>in a house in a way, so this is an example of what should be a rather
>weak trademark, is it not? Any thoughts on this?
>
>If the truth in advertising laws were enforced, Microsoft ads would be
>asking "When do you want to crash today?" ...of course, it would,
>naturally, crash at a different time, after all, it's Windows.
>
>Microsoft, Microsoft, 'twas only luck.
>Microsoft, Microsoft, why do you suck?
>Microsoft, Microsoft, creat'd windows?
>Microsoft, Microsoft, lies through its toes.
>Microsoft, Microsoft, fears new Lindows.
>Microsoft, Microsoft, crashing Windows.
>Microsoft, Microsoft, can't e'r play fair.
>Microsoft, Microsoft, creates despair.
>Microsoft, Microsoft, why do you suck?
>Microsoft, Microsoft, 'twas only luck.
>
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