Ambitious Lindows tries to put a friendly face on Linux By Kristi Heim July 5, 2002 Mercury News • Tech Test Drive: Lindows makes Windows look good If Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is Goliath, Michael Robertson wants to be David. He hopes, at least, to knock some chinks in Gates' armor by loosening Microsoft's stranglehold on the market for PC desktop operating systems. A couple of years ago, Robertson went up against the recording industry and lost as the creator of popular music site MP3.com. This time, as founder and CEO of San Diego start-up Lindows.com, he's aiming at Windows, the...