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linbetwin
November 14th, 2005, 03:01 PM
Q: What do you do if you're a bunch of bored lawyers from Ohio looking for a monster copyright lawsuit to be filed against you by the the big guy in Redmond?

A: You develop a Linux distro and name it Open Windows -> http://www.black-and-company.com/
YourSurrogateGod
November 14th, 2005, 03:03 PM
Mass legislation to ensue in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

/me steps away from the blast radius...
tseliot
November 14th, 2005, 03:29 PM
Q: What do you do if you're a bunch of bored lawyers from Ohio looking for a monster copyright lawsuit to be filed against you by the the big guy in Redmond?

A: You develop a Linux distro and name it Open Windows -> http://www.black-and-company.com/

So shall I pay the copyright every time I open my windows at home? :p

No, really I would never use the word Windows for a Linux OS.
Malphas
November 14th, 2005, 03:37 PM
When I saw the thread title I thought you were talking about this (http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html).
Brunellus
November 14th, 2005, 05:12 PM
Interesting. Seems to be a county-government sponsored distro!

Perhaps the beginning of an Ohio counterpart to Guadalinex?
Stormy Eyes
November 14th, 2005, 06:01 PM
Q: What do you do if you're a bunch of bored lawyers from Ohio looking for a monster copyright lawsuit to be filed against you by the the big guy in Redmond?

Have you noticed that Microsoft hasn't tried anything with X.org, even though the name "X Window System" might conflict with their precious trademarks?
YourSurrogateGod
November 14th, 2005, 06:23 PM
Have you noticed that Microsoft hasn't tried anything with X.org, even though the name "X Window System" might conflict with their precious trademarks?
Why is that?
Stormy Eyes
November 14th, 2005, 06:24 PM
Why is that?

Why hasn't Microsoft gone after X.org? My guess would be that since the X Window System dates back to the mid-1980s, MS knows they haven't got a chance in Chaos of winning.
Kyral
November 14th, 2005, 06:27 PM
Bingo :P

Though in this case MS does have a VERY strong case against OpenWindows. Even myself thought for a split-second that MS had changed its ways. They will have to rename it. You can have a Windows knockoff without calling it Windows anything, just look at ReactOS
psyguy92
November 14th, 2005, 06:42 PM
Have you noticed that Microsoft hasn't tried anything with X.org, even though the name "X Window System" might conflict with their precious trademarks?

Probably because X1 was released June 1984 and Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released in 1985. If they sued X.org, maybe X.org would win, and Microsoft would have to change it's operating system's name !!!