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Steven Bink send words that Dutch Judge prohibits use of name Lindows



The use of the name Lindows is not allowed in The Netherlands. Dutch distribitures of Lindows may not continue reselling Lindows. Microsoft claimed Lindows OS and Lindows.com are confusing areconfusing. "Lindows benefits unjustified on the succes of Windows, because Lindows.com markets its product as both Windows and Linux." according to the judge. The 4 dutch distribiturs have to stop reselling and advertising Lindows within 8 days. Also Lindows.com must be inaccessible for people browsing the Internet from The BeNeLux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg)
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