[HiTech RedNeck]

How does a Windows-mimicker like Lindows get around the Microsoft patent problems it is bound to have? Unless Microsoft gets government pressured into doing this, Lindows is going to be a patent lifetime behind Windows.

[upchuck]

How does a Windows-mimicker like Lindows get around the Microsoft patent problems it is bound to have?

I don't know. But you could ask them directly at info@lindows.com