this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
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Context: the creator of Linux is from Finland

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[–] [email protected] 114 points 9 months ago (5 children)

He won't be allowed to perform at Eurovision with the Windows 95 name/trademark/logo, so it would be hilarious if he switches to a name like Linuxman during it.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Windows95man in the streets, Linuxman in the sheets.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 9 months ago (3 children)

He'll resolve all your dependencies

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Version requirements? No rules!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Now that's actually arousing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

But if you piss him off, he'll turn right back into Windows95man and send you into DLL-hell.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 9 months ago

It's still unclear if he's allowed to use the logo and such. The national broadcaster Yle (which itself has a strict policy against advertising) allowed it in the national show and argued that (quote) "Windows 95 is no longer a protected trademark today. The product is hardly used by anyone anymore. Thus the name and the costume are allowed"

But EBU might have a different stance ofc

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

But Linux is a registered trademark, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

just dress up as john hodgman instead