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Lindows Assumes an Alias

Lindows Assumes an Alias
By Maureen O'Gara
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February 20, 2004 12:00 AM EST
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Lindows has begun calling itself Lin---s (say LinDash) so it can sell its eponymous Linux operating systems in those European countries like the Benelux where Microsoft has taken Lindows to court and gotten it outlawed.

Since its Web site was also banned, it's set up another one called www.lin---s.com. European customer can buy off the Web site or go to one of the local Lindows resellers named on the site. Microsoft's legal challenge to Lindows stateside isn't anywhere near as successful as it's been in Europe. As things stand, it could lose its hard-won Windows trademark. Meanwhile, Microsoft has sued Lindows in Canada.

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