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Freaking ZDNet talkbacks, reply should actually go here

Damn ZDNet and their annoying Talkbacks! My reply, entitled
"Ah The Subtle Differences" should go here. I'll repost it, reply to
either one if you dare:

---Ah, so it's fine if others run to other countries to fight their
battles, but not MS. I see..---

Sorry, two different cases. Real was not pursuing a government
antitrust ruling against MS in any venue other than in the EU.
They chose one venue and wanted to get a verdict there. They
did not, as was the case for MS vs Lindows, run to every single
court in the world in an attempt to bully Microsoft through legal
fees. One case. One court. One ruling.

---And as I said, MS had little choice but to file suit in other
countries as a US ruling means nothing anywhere but the US---

Incorrect, as usual. Through our trade agreements, the US State
Department is able to get such decisions enforced with our
trading partners. For example:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5186626.html

"...when and if Lindows wins the U.S. case, "we plan to approach
the State Department and ask them to petition foreign
governments to invalidate the windows trademark, as they have
done for other generic computing terms."

See, it's not necessary to run around willy-nilly filing suit in
every single court in the world. That was a strategy from MS to
try to force Lindows out of business before a court could actually
rule.

---An as to it being a Genric name, that sir is nothing more than
an opinion until the appeals court gives us a ruling...----

Funny, you seemed awful confident about it when you declared
"the writing is on the wall". Are you backing down now? I've
cited plenty of sources and precedent that seem to indicate the
court will rule against MS. Care to provide any information to
the contrary?

Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 04/14/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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