Actually, according to this timeline Microsoft has been working on Windows
since 1983.

http://news.cnet.com/news/0,10000,0-1003-201-317783-0,00.html

Josh

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Nicol" <nicold@umkc.edu>
To: <userpoll@lindows.com>
Cc: <kclug@kclug.org>; <kulua-l@kulua.org>
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: X windows consortium to sue Microsoft for brand name confusion

> Aaron wrote:
> >
> > Sorry about the cross post, but we were talking about this awhile ago
and I
> > thought some of you would be interested.
>
>
> > the Lindows project wrote:
>
> > > Here's how you can help. We are composing a list of the many hundreds
of
> > > products named "Windows Something" or "Something Windows" or even
> > > variations on the word windows, which are not from Microsoft. We know
> > > there are many
>
> "X windows" dates from, well, quite a while ago.  "X box" is a most
> confusing term since it is what people have been calling a workstation
> that functions as a "X terminal" for years.  www.x.org says the first
> commercial release of X windows was in 1986.  Non-commercial releases
> precede that date.  The first commercial-grade release of Microsoft
> windows, was, of course, in 1995.
>
>
>
>