In light of the recent suit filed by Tiger Direct against Apple Computer (over the name “Tiger”), Red Hat founder Robert F. Young has offered to license the word “Tiger” to Apple, claiming that the Canadian football team he owns, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, has used the name far longer than Tiger Direct.
There’s nothing that warms the cockles of my heart like a little bonding between developers! [MacNN]
p.s. Thanks to Skadz for the correction!
Red Hat Founder, NOT Linux founder. Linus Torvalds founded Linux, Bob Young founded a company that sold Linux.
You’re right! In my haste, I misread the beginning of the article. I should have known better anyway. DOH!