6/29 M$ doesn't own the name "Internet Explorer"
http://www.slashdot.org/articles/9806281343225.shtml
\_ Uhm yeah... go try to get any form of legal ownership or use
the name for your own product or commercial venture.
\_ MS'es lawyers argue that "Internet Explorer" is a generic
term and can't be trademarked, otherwise MS would owe
milllions to a defunct startup that trademarked it before
MS knew what the internet was.
\_ Funny the kinds of crap M$ gets away with these
days. Next thing you know they'll be claiming
that they invented the operating system and
compiler and will start suing everyone in back
fees including gnu.
\_ Generic . . . yeah. I used to throw around "Internet
Explorer" all the time in my everyday conversation
before MSIE. "Honey, I'm going to the store to pick up
a pound of sugar, a gallon of milk, and a couple of
internet explorers -- anything else you need?"
\_ I just put in PO for several internet explorers.
So, what's your point?
\_ That you're buying a _specific product_. People
don't use the name "Internet Explorer" to talk
about a _class_ of generic, interchangeable
products that come from multiple sources. Did
you ever hear somebody using the term "Internet
Explorer" before MSIE came along?
\_ Then you are arguing what can be trademarked
and what can't. This is still the line that
characteristics of compression. You can't compress
infinite amount of data to fit in finite storage
unless the compression is lossy.
\_ Clearly you don't know how philcompress works.
\_ I understand both concepts. I assure you
the MS legal team would overcome the
abilities of even the mighty philcompress
features of the philFS. And yes I do
understand the technical abilities of
philFS/compress, its just that MS's lawyers
would overcome it.
\_ No. If you knew what philcompress
was you'd understand, and not have
to make up BS to hide the fact that
you can't tell the difference between
a running joke and an industry
standard. -mel
\_ I find your lack of faith in PhilWare
disturbing.
\_ Philtrust.
\_ Philistine!
\_ No, you still lack understanding.
Remember during the first antitrust
fracas how MS said that they weren't a
monopoly, because nothing was protecting
them from somebody, sometime, coming up
with a better idea and eating their
lunch? Well, Phil is it.
is very subjective.
\_ "Internet Explorer by Phillip Nunez"
\_ MS would dump so much legal crap on Phillip, even
Phil's file system would fill. MS would find a way.
\_ Microshaft: Where do you want it today?
\_ Philsue!!!!!
\_ Clearly you don't know about one of the great features
of philfs -- its impossible to fill it up! When a philfs
file system starts getting close to full, it automatically
starts philcompressing files.
\_ Cleary you don't know about one of the key
characteristics of compression.
\_ Clearly you don't know about one of the key features
of philcompress. |