[ale] [LONG] Bad News for Microsoft

[fgz]

> I just received this and thought I would pass it on for your 
enjoyment. 
>   I'm sorry for the length - it doesn't seem to be posted on their 
> website, and I had trouble figuring out what I might cut.
> 
> (Here's hoping my mail client will de-html-ify it for me like it is 
> supposed to -)
> 
>   Michael's Minute: Lindows.com Wins Two Big Rulings
> 
> 
>   Many of you have told me you were planning on attending our trial 
in 
> Seattle versus Microsoft in just 3 short weeks. Lindows.com was well 
> prepared to put on a mountain of evidence (some of which you all 
helped 
> us gather) to demonstrate that Microsoft did not invent the word 
> 'windows'. Magazines, dictionaries, testimony, and competitors 
products 
> show that it was widely used before Microsoft selected it as part of 
> their product name. In fact, that widespread use throughout the 
> computer industry was exactly why Microsoft chose it. But you'll want 
> to cancel your travel plans thanks to a new development.
> 
> 

This is all I saw of it.