[Am-info] The bastards are at it again

[Gene Gaines]

... over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend ... Microsoft has
attempted to intimidate small resellers in the Netherlands to keep
them from offering LindowsOS for sale. Microsoft has been
contacting the retailers by phone, telling them they would like to
set up "meetings" in order to avoid legal action based on the
Lindows name.

Full story at

http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/01/1845215&mode=thread&tid=2&tid=82&tid=94

and

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/51/34233.html

I would like to be fair and balanced, and of course polite in my
comments. Should anyone on the list disagree with my subject line
"The bastards are at it again" I will welcome hearing from you.

Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia