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Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed(sopuli.xyz)

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Context: the creator of Linux is from Finland

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Ananace@lemmy.ananace.dev
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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.

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Gork@lemm.ee
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Windows95man in the streets, Linuxman in the sheets.

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bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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He’ll resolve all your dependencies

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Ananace@lemmy.ananace.dev
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Version requirements? No rules!

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victron@programming.dev
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Now that’s actually arousing.

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cygon@lemmy.world
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But if you piss him off, he’ll turn right back into Windows95man and send you into DLL-hell.

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JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de
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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

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SilverCode@lemm.ee
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ReactOSman

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YMS@kbin.social
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But Linux is a registered trademark, too.

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katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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just dress up as john hodgman instead

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