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Oct 3, 2011 at 5:24 comment added hotpaw2 @snmcdonald - Microsoft files and protects trademarks when it can and wants. Most OSS projects don't incur the expense of those registrations, thus their names don't have the same level of legal protection. (But IANAL, so ask one.)
Oct 3, 2011 at 2:57 comment added snmcdonald Very good answer. Still I think they could have considered a different name for their language. I don't think Microsoft would be as tolerant to a reverse situation.
Oct 3, 2011 at 2:04 history answered Joel Brown CC BY-SA 3.0