The Register: Lindows.com CEO Pickets Bill Gates Speech
“n a move which The Register feels moved to applaud, Lindows.com
CEO Michael Robertson this week took to direct action in his
struggle against Microsoft, handing out a two page ‘Fact Sheet on
Bill Gates and the Microsoft Corporation; to the audience prior to
a Gates speech at University of California, San Diego. Robertson is
himself a UCSD alumni, and therefore had at least arguable turf
rights, but no doubt his eye for a stunt carried at least as much
weight in the planning of the exercise as any righteous indignation
over the alma mater hosting The Enemy.“Whatever, should by some mischance the whole Lindows.com
enterprise miscarry, we feel sure Michael will be able to find
himself a worthwhile new career dogging Bill’s footsteps, ranting
and handing out leaflets. Bill’s speeches sure as hell need
something to liven them up, and custard pies don’t last long and
are increasingly tricky to smuggle into venues…”
CNET News: Lindows Tries to Stay Above SCO Fray
“Lindows.com on Thursday sought to distance itself from the
legal tumult that SCO Group has set in motion over the Linux
operating system.“The San Diego-based company, which makes a consumer-friendly
version of Linux, said that it had ‘fielded some questions’ about
the implications for the LindowsOS in light of SCO’s recent actions
and that there were no issues between SCO and Lindows…”