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Article: Microsoft Wants to Pull Curtain on California Firm's Lindows Software Name.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- December 21, 2001
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By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 21--Can computer software buyers tell the difference between Windows and Lindows? Microsoft Corp. doesn't think so and is suing a California firm to force it to change its name.
Lindows.com Inc. is developing a $99 version of the Linux operating system that will be able to run popular Windows programs.
The product is to be sold under the Lindows brand name, beginning early next year.
But Microsoft says the name of the software is a blatant infringement on the name of Microsoft's flagship product.
The software giant has filed a federal lawsuit in its ...