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RSS lindowsNovell: Linux desktop set to take off
News Several companies-- among them Corel, Linspire (formerly Lindows), Eazel and Suse itself -haven't dented Microsoft Windows' dominance. Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12... [11 Apr 2006]
Excel finally gets registered
News In July, the company ended a two-year dispute with Linux developer Lindows - now Linspire - by paying the company $20m to change its name. Microsoft introduced its Excel spreadsheet program in 1985, but didn't get around... [12 Nov 2004]
Leader: 'Tisn't the season for IPOs
Leader These include Linux company Linspire - formerly known as Lindows - Virgin Mobile and US software services company RightNow Technologies. Despite excitement about the growing number of IPOs this year, so far the market's... [09 Aug 2004]
Linspire - aka Lindows - cuts IPO price
News Lindows, the Linux desktop software company changing its name to Linspire, has lowered the expected value of its initial public offering. The company in July had set a price range of $9 to $11 for the 4.4 million shares... [09 Aug 2004]
iTunes coming soon to Linux?
News Dell's rival MP3 player, the Dell DJ, does run on Linux using the Lsongs software from Linspire, the company formerly known as Lindows. Although iTunes and Linux have been pursuing solo careers, one small software maker... [03 Aug 2004]
Microsoft 'settles' with Lindows
News Microsoft's battle with Lindows.com may be over. According to reports on Monday afternoon, Microsoft has agreed to pay Lindows.com $20m -- $15m by 15 August this year and $5m by the start of February 2005. [19 Jul 2004]
Salesforce.com sets date for controversial IPO
News The Salesforce.com IPO filing came on the same day that Linux software maker Lindows.com announced its own IPO plans, and as other high-tech companies had their IPOs waiting in the wings. Salesforce.com is set to launch... [18 Jun 2004]
Open source's €944 victory over Microsoft
News In the ongoing dispute over whether or not Linux reseller Lindows' name treads on Microsoft's trademark toes, the open-source company has finally scored a financial win against the Redmond giant. The Amsterdam court -... [02 Jun 2004]
5 years ago... Hackers offered cash prize
News The software giant was further angered to learn the prize was offered by the head of Lindows - the firm Microsoft has fought at length over its choice of name. 13.05.99: Infosecurity Asia is today launching a computer... [13 May 2004]
Salesforce IPO to raise $85m
News The Salesforce filing comes on the same day that Linux software maker Lindows.com announced the details of its IPO plans, meant to raise $57.5m. Salesforce.com plans to raise as much as $85m in the initial public... [21 Apr 2004]
Lindows to float
News Embattled Linux software maker Lindows announced Tuesday that it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common stock. Lindows... [21 Apr 2004]
Linspire: The new name for Lindows
News Lindows, bowing to pressure from Microsoft, has renamed its operating system software. The company last week acknowledged that lawsuits by Microsoft challenging the Lindows name would force it to adopt a... [15 Apr 2004]
Lindows to disappear in Europe
News Following on from Microsoft's recent court victory over Lindows, the desktop Linux reseller has decided to change its name in Europe - and it's been asking for a little help from cyberspace in picking a new moniker. [08 Apr 2004]
Microsoft's "legal assault" on Lindows: The verdict is in
News The protracted battle over trademarks between the world's biggest software company and a small Linux reseller appears to have been partially resolved - and the verdict isn't the one that Lindows.com wanted. [06 Apr 2004]
Wal-Mart to sell Linux PCs
News The PCs join several other Microtel Linux models that Wal-Mart has sold, including models with Novell's SuSE Linux, in addition to Lycoris and Lindows. Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, has begun selling... [01 Apr 2004]
