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On Wed, 17 May 2000, Niall Kavanagh wrote: > On Wed, 17 May 2000, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > That is correct. A few years ago some sleazy Boston attorney registered > > Linux as a trademark and sent letters to some of the businesses that > > write code or produice distributions. Linux International (eg. Maddog Hall) > > led the fight to regain the Linux trademark. I didn't keep up with the legal > > battle, but from a legal standpoint, they probably were able to establish > > Linus as the most legitimate owner of the name. > > > > I think you're missing the mirth! ;) > \ | / > \|/ > v > "Linux is a registered trademark of Linux Torvalds". > ^ > /|\ > / | \ Even better than that! When we (me and a couple of coworkers) went to visit WrightLine to look at rack-mount cabinets, they had one of those scrolling LED displays that said: WELCOME MISSION CRITICAL LINUS I had a little chuckle. -- Derek Martin System Administrator Mission Critical Linux martin at MissionCriticalLinux.com - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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