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Z-Nix, Inc. was a computer peripheral manufacturer in Pomona, California from (fixme: date)-1995.


History

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Founded (???) by (fixme) "Jimmy" Chen. Bankrupt (citing legal fees) 1993(?5?).


Notable for:

  • their cordless mouse in (fixme: 80s?) early 1990s
  • 2nd (fixme: or third) largest distributor in early 1990s (above Logitech).
  • successful lawsuit (fixme: and countersuit) against Microsoft in the 1990s. [1]
  • The 'Z-Nix Case' (fixme: link<<<) is referenced as precident in all other Microsoft antitrust actions and suits, because Z-Nix 'won' their antitrust case against Microsoft. [2]


Products

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  • Bus Mouse
  • Super Mouse
  • Super Mouse II (2)
  • Cordless Mouse
  • Cordless Super Mouse
  • (keyboards? - *we* purchased from Znix, may have been OEM, including Dvorak Keyboards w/ZNix branding/logo)
  • Trackball

Action(s) -vs- Microsoft

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References

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  1. ^ Orlando Sentinel 'November 9, 1990 Newspaper Article about the lawsuit' Retrieved February 2011
  2. ^ [1] 'InfoWorld Article' (Retrived February 2011)


http://books.google.com/books?id=tDwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=z-nix+mouse&source=bl&ots=PjbR3ABs7e&sig=_DdblN6FXggbznnMzd6ZjzCqQLQ&hl=en&ei=-YrcS8CyBcOAlAfe75y7DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=z-nix%20mouse&f=false



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  • example.com
  • [2] - Microsoft 'Identifying 3rd Party Mouse Mfg'
  • [3] - Compute Magazine 1991 Article
  • [4] Orlando Sentinel 'write up' on the case (ZNix -vs- MS)
  • [5] - Press release from Chan (Law Firm) regarding reversal of restraining order
  • [6] - 1992 Seattle Times Lawsuit Announcement