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Lindows-sellers in the Benelux need see to self no to make more round lawsuits that Microsoft tightens. Lindows-founder Michael Robertson made to support Tuesday in Amsterdam known the sellers legally. Money for that is available via a Sunday launched participation-initiative of Lindows.

Robertson is stick in the Netherlands single Lindows-sellers a heart under the strap. They got last week of Microsoft report that the software business the local sellers want to accuse. Lindows, an operating system with Linux as basis, would resemble Windows in name too much. After an e-mail of a worried Lindows-seller, Robertson announced to travel immediately at to the Netherlands off. In a maintenance with the Dutch press made Robertson clear that the Microsoft only roundcompete to do is: the keeping of the monopoly on desktopbesturingssystems.,.

Robertson: “The threat of Microsoft the Netherlands do not comes of the Microsoft-manager for the Benelux, even not of Microsoft Europe. Microsoft in Redmond sit immediately behind these actions that as target have cost what the expense the monopoly of Windows in position to hold. This are unacceptable methods; computer users must self in state are to choose with which operating systems they want to work.”

Also in the United States, Lindows lies under fire. A lawsuit that Microsoft will against the business of Robertson tightened, in March 2004 appearance. According to Robertson will against that time clear become to hunt what the real motives of Microsoft its Lindows so on. “In the courtroom will all internal memo's of Microsoft come up and then will appeared that the Microsoft-top prepare is everything at to grab that but can Server as a lawsuit. Everything that uses can become is applied to lead us to a bankruptcy. I think that we a good chance have this affair to win, but might that not the case are, then is the future also very clear; then change we normally our name and go we normally further.”

The Netherlands is for Michael Robertson the first land that on this manner with Lindows gets acquainted. From a Sunday launched initiative, www.choicepc.com, appeared that there under Dutchmen many support is for the Lindows-initiative. Persons interested could self on the website for 100 dollars a lifelong Lindows-subscription buy after which the yields uses would become for possible Dutch lawsuits. Within single hours were all 500 places full. One and the same initiative is also for Sweden set up, where Lindows-sellers also by Microsoft have been warned that they chance walk accused to become.