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The common name for MicrosoftWindows.
-Note: MicrosoftCorporation does NOT own this name! MicrosoftCorporation tried to sue Lindows.com (now [Linspire]) over dilution of their trademark, but the
judges said that Windows was a common term used for any windowing system and there was plenty of prior art before they came along.
+Note: MicrosoftCorporation does NOT own this name! (Though various European courts have [disagreed|http://news.com.com/Dutch+judge+blocks+Lindows+over+trademark+issue/2100-7344_3-5151087.html].)
MicrosoftCorporation tried to sue Lindows.com (now [Linspire]) over dilution of their trademark, but judges in the US
said that Windows was a common term used for any windowing system and there was plenty of prior art before they came along. However, as a result of the decisions of the European courts, Lindows was forced to change its name to Linspire
.
-The X Windowing System is NOT EVER to be called
"X Windows.
"
+Examples of prior similar usage:
"X Windows" (an officially deprecated, but commonly-used name for the [X Window System|TheXWindowingSystem]), and derivations thereof, such as "DECWindows" and "OpenWindows".