“Hostilities between the Microsoft monopoly and the upstart
Linux distribution aimed squarely at the desktop market are
continuing, inside and outside the courtroom. The Register reported
over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend that Microsoft has attempted
to intimidate small resellers in the Netherlands to keep them from
offering LindowsOS for sale. Microsoft has been contacting the
retailers by phone, telling them they would like to set up
‘meetings’ in order to avoid legal action based on the Lindows
name.“Microsoft claims that it owns the word ‘Windows,’ so that other
firms cannot use it or a likeness of it (such as Lindows) for their
own products. In fact, they have filed a lawsuit against
Lindows.com over that very issue. Trial date for the case has been
set for March 2004…”