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Use of "Lindows" name blocked in SwedenUse of "Lindows" name blocked in SwedenPosted Dec 11, 2003 15:51 UTC (Thu) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222)Parent article: Use of "Lindows" name blocked in Sweden No kidding. More Robertson baloney. I have a love-hate view of that man....but mostly distrust. I trust Linus, I don't trust Robertson. The ruling may not thwart Linux in general, but that guy's behavior doesn't endear people to Linux as far as I can tell. Besides, why would he have the gall to publicly slander the rest of the distributions? Microsoft has made it clear, on a number of occasions, that they're not trying to block distribution of Linux. Compete against it, yes; slander it, yes; make people question whether it has patent and copyright issues, yes; but not block distribution. The rest of the people are careful. They try to avoid doing anything wrong, and there was even a good deal of trepidation when there was a chance that SCO might have some copyright issues with SGI code. The only time I've seen a trick like this pulled is by people who want $$$.
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Use of "Lindows" name blocked in Sweden Posted Dec 11, 2003 16:16 UTC (Thu) by krash (subscriber, #2689) [Link] I have similar feelings about Robertson myself. There are things that I don't like that he has done. However, I do like some of what he and Lindows are doing for the Linux community. Not that they are doing it just for the Linux community. They are doing it for themselves and their bottom line also. That is not necessarily a bad thing though. That is the reason that most of us are in business or work for a living.And make no mistake about it, Microsoft would love nothing more than to see Linux go away. They would never say this out loud because it might FORCE the government to look at them again. As long as they can appear to be competing rather than extinguishing the republicans (I say this as somewhat of a republican myself) are likely to leave them alone.
Use of "Lindows" name blocked in Sweden Posted Dec 11, 2003 20:00 UTC (Thu) by ccchips (subscriber, #3222) [Link] Robertson did good things for the free-music and independent-musician community, too. I will never fault him for that.But then again, my new kitten loves to rub up against me, lets me pick her up and cuddle, purring happily, and then bites my hand really hard so I drop her. I just don't want Robertson's antics to cause us any damage, like they wound up doing to the free-music world.
Robertson, M$ Posted Dec 11, 2003 16:18 UTC (Thu) by ccyoung (guest, #16340) [Link] > I have a love-hate view of that man....but mostly distrustperhaps dislike. his motive seems more of a passionate dislike of M$ rather than a passionate love of Linux. but that's okay. no one in the Linux community has the financial resources and psychological makeup to carry the battle to M$ as he is doing. even if he's not on my short-list for dinner, I respect many of his efforts. > Microsoft has made it clear, on a number of occasions, that they're not if you believe this, then I have some land I'd like for you to look at some land in... with M$ [abundant lack of] moral scruples and the admitted fact that "Linux is enemy number one", it doesn't take Euclidian logic to draw a conclusion that matches the evidence. they are not yet in full gear - they are not benign.
Robertson, M$ Posted Dec 11, 2003 17:15 UTC (Thu) by elanthis (subscriber, #6227) [Link] "his motive seems more of a passionate dislike of M$ rather than a passionate love of Linux. but that's okay."of course it's okay, that's how most of the Linux users think, too. ;-) *ducks*
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