[clug] Lindows changes name

Alan Sanderson alans at codefish.net.au
Tue Apr 20 04:43:08 GMT 2004


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> On 15 Apr 2004, at 11:29, Alan Sanderson wrote:
>
>>A sad, sad day in Linux land has occured. Lindows the small Linux
>>company has been forced to change it's name to "Linspire"
>
>I can't understand why they didn't pick "Lintel" (as opposed to
>"Windows", and coincidentally "Wintel"). "Doors" would be a bit
>boring,  and Lintel describes what an OS is supposed to do - provide
>a support  structure that is actually of use to a person. Windows
>are pretty to  look through, but a door lets you get out into the
>world :)

Does Lindows only support intel? If not the name 'Lintel' might give
people the wrong idea.

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