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David (davidmoorecyber@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 04:09:31 JST David
- Tobias Hellgren
@thanius Ok yeah, that makes sense.
From the wiki article, it looks like MS paid Lindows/Linspire $20 million for the Lindows name.

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David (davidmoorecyber@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 02:40:01 JST David
- Tobias Hellgren
@thanius Based on this wiki page, it looks like most of the legal basis was over the name 'Lindows' (I'm not sure about the CAD part specifically)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com,_Inc.,
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  Microsoft Corp. v. Lindows.com, Inc.
  
  Microsoft v. Lindows.com, Inc. was a court case brought by Microsoft against Lindows, Inc in December 2001, claiming that the name "Lindows" was a violation of its trademark "Windows." After two and a half years of court battles, Microsoft paid US$20 million for the Lindows trademark, and Lindows Inc. became Linspire Inc. The case In addition to the United States, Microsoft also sued Lindows in Sweden, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Canada. Lindows started off with a handicap of having to defend themselves from their own lawyers (from St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company) who initially refused to defend Lindows. Judge Robert Takasugi found St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company had breached their contract.In response to these lawsuits, Lindows launched ChoicePC.com, which allowed people to purchase lifetime Lindows memberships that included a copy of LindowsOS, LindowsOS upgrades for life, and a ChoicePC.com T-shirt, for US$100. All money from the memberships went towards helping Lindows in its legal battle against Microsoft. Lindows...
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David (davidmoorecyber@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Aug-2023 05:57:34 JST David
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- Aral Balkan
@aral My wife got me this for my birthday, and I really love it. The sound and feel are great. It's my first gasket mount and 60% keyboard.
Hope you enjoy it!

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