Microsoft Hatred FAQ

[Lasse Vågsæther Karlsen]

David Schwartz wrote:
> Iain King wrote:
> 
> 
>>Don't you see how your metaphor doesn't work?
> 
> 
>     No.
> 
> 
>>It would only be
>>fitting if Microsoft OWNED the outlet.
> 
> 
>     Huh?
> 

I would think that if I set up a shop and wanted to have the word 
"Microsoft" as part of the shop name, there would be some rules 
dictating what products I could and could not sell, yes. Wether those 
rules are set forth in a law somewhere or Microsoft set them forth 
themselves, I would find it hard to believe that the law would prohibit 
them from doing so.

Otherwise I could set up a shop, call it "Microsoft Porsgrunn" and sell 
machines with only Linux installed.

I think Microsoft would be allowed to say "No, you can't do that".

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