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Am I the only Linux-using human being on the planet that remembers when Microsoft forced then-titled distro Lindows (now Linspire) to change its name due to copyright issues in the US? If immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, why are linux people in the world trying to turn the linux desktop experience into Windows? Wouldn't their time be better spent switching to Windows, getting nice corporate jobs, and do their best to make sure the blue screen of death goes away for good? That would sure be a better service to the world than creating IP and copyright issues for Linuxland. And, not to mention country of origin, but why do so many linux projects out of Portugal, Spain, and Brasil insist on aping Windows -- in some cases (I'm thinkin of one Brasilian project in particular) lifting copyright images right out of Windows Vista? In the case of Vixta, not only is the name a lawsuit waiting to happen, so is the interface design of the start menu. At this rate we could all be sued back into the command line age...

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