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From: zoo@cygnus.com (david d 'zoo' zuhn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: The USL complaint.
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Date: 6 Aug 92 22:31:22 GMT
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From: cpetterb@javelin.sim.es.com (Cary Petterborg)
I also think that the "Coke" name is rather different than the UNIX name.
I would liken UNIX more to "Cola" than to "Coke", thus being more like
zipper, etc. It used to be that BSD UNIX was very different from the
AT&T version.
You might think that, but USL doesn't, and they're the ones doing the
suing. The difficulty comes in persuading a judge/jury who probably
aren't terribly computer-literate that Unix* is in common generic
usage among computer professionals.
No one has ever said that the legal system follows common sense. In
fact, many people often claim the opposite.
david d 'zoo' zuhn |
cygnus support | "Man made it, man can fix it."
zoo@cygnus.com | -- anonymous biker in South Dakota
* is a registered TM etc etc etc