[Am-info] Microsoft kills Lindows in Netherlands

[Gene Gaines]

So Microsoft has killed Lindows in court in Sweden, the
Netherlands and Belgium and Luxemberg.  But Lindows has won
the right to use their name twice in court in the U.S., and
will be taken to court again by Microsoft again in several
months.

Has anyone taken a look at the LindowsLive operating system?

Gene Gaines



Story from UK's Silicon.com.

http://www.silicon.com/software/os/0,39024651,39118086,00.htm?nl=3Dd20040202

Lindows, the open-source operator that has been battling with the
Redmond =FCber-software company over trademark infringement, has
lost its legal battle in the Netherlands.

After a similar defeat in Sweden, the Dutch courts have ruled that
Lindows has to stop using its Windows-spoofing name. And the legal
authorities in Luxembourg and Belgium are firmly in agreement,
after it was found to be in violation of a Benelux law on brand
names.

The name itself isn't the only issue for the open-source company -
it's no longer allowed to sell or advertise its products, has to
cancel all outstanding orders and can't allow users from the
Netherlands, Luxembourg or Belgium to access its site.

Lindows.com has today announced that while it will abide by the
terms of the ruling for the moment, it intends to appeal the
decision.

The battle over its name doesn't seem to be hampering Lindows,
however. The company is ramping up for the continuation of a
similar trademark fight in the US courts, which is scheduled to
begin on 1 March this year, and in which Microsoft has so far been
beaten twice. Lindows also has plans to get its LindowsLive
operating system onto more PCs this year - by distributing it for
free over P2P networks.