[NTLUG:Discuss] MS Advertising Linux!

Cameron hrothgar at endor.hsutx.edu
Sat Jun 10 17:20:11 CDT 2000


* al_h at technologist.com [2000.06.10 08:08]:
: > http://computingcentral.msn.com/topics/os/Linux0500.asp
: 
: seeing as how the "official" pengiun is a GPL'd logo
: one wonders why MS does not use it for their article
: 
: maybe they are trying to fracture the linux community by 
: confusing newbies
: 
: They may be using this article to search for 
: loose threads to pull on

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about linuxcare.com and linux.com.
It seems pretty predatory for them to make "non-official" penguin
designs and use them everywhere like they do.  Linus has been talking
about hitting them with a trademark lawsuit over the issue.
-- 
cameron
  "Bombay is 250ms from New York in the new world order" - Alan Cox

PS - I hope you are picking up on my sarcasm.




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