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Windows95Man to represent Finland in Eurovision. Linus Torvalds must be so disappointed (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago by reboot6675@sopuli.xyz to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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Context: the creator of Linux is from Finland

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[-] ace@lemmy.ananace.dev 114 points 9 months ago

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.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 67 points 9 months ago

Windows95man in the streets, Linuxman in the sheets.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 44 points 9 months ago

He'll resolve all your dependencies

[-] ace@lemmy.ananace.dev 12 points 9 months ago

Version requirements? No rules!

[-] cygon@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

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

[-] victron@programming.dev 5 points 9 months ago

Now that's actually arousing.

[-] JRaccoon@discuss.tchncs.de 48 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

[-] SilverCode@lemm.ee 19 points 9 months ago

ReactOSman

[-] YMS@kbin.social 16 points 9 months ago

But Linux is a registered trademark, too.

[-] cupcakezealot 3 points 9 months ago

just dress up as john hodgman instead

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