Subject RE: [Firebird-Architect] Phoenix web browser renamed to Firebird
Author Jim Starkey
At 07:10 AM 4/17/03 -0400, Claudio Valderrama C. wrote:
>Jim Starkey wrote:
> > If you
> > look, you will find that many of the most famous marks (if I remember
> > correctly, Kleenex and Unix) are not registered.


Anyone with an interest in the history of computer might want to check out:

http://snap.nlc.dcccd.edu/learn/drkelly/hst-hand.htm

Lots of interesting stuff, but the germane points is that AT&T used the UNIX
trademark for 12 years before registering it. Perhaps AOL/Mozilla might
consider calling their browser "Unix".

Jim Starkey