Microsoft's sacred cow is its desktop Windows product, which is loaded on more than 90 percent of the world's PCs. Microsoft CEO Bill Gates said last year that the major competition for Windows software is previous versions of Windows. But if Linux establishes a beachhead, there is no telling how much it could erode the dominance of Windows.
"These are the family jewels," says University of San Francisco law professor and trademark expert Tom McCarthy. "The Windows trademark is so important I don't doubt that Bill Gates is going to hand the legal department a blank check to fight this on all fronts," he told NewsFactor.
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