USA Today: Maker of Lindows Laughs at Face of Danger (and Microsoft)

“Michael Robertson has a software glitch in his belfry. He’s a
crazy man. Certifiable. And God bless him for it.

“Maybe he’ll finally give the technology industry some spine
when it comes to going up against Microsoft. That, or he is tech’s
Chuck ‘The Bayonne Bleeder’ Wepner, about to get turned into
goulash by the Muhammad Ali of software.

“Either way, this bout should be entertaining.

“Robertson has started a company doing something that has struck
fear into everyone else: competing against Microsoft’s Windows in
the PC operating system (OS) market, which Microsoft has utterly
dominated for almost two decades. Beyond that, Robertson is
outright antagonizing Microsoft. Taking a lesson from off-price
cereals and toilet paper, he named his cheap OS and his company
Lindows–a melding of Linux and Windows. The name–one letter
different from the trademarked Windows–has served roughly the same
purpose as a red cape waved in front of a bull…”

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