Re: 'www' now M$ trademark ?
On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 07:13:26PM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote:
> On 31 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote:
>
> > Ivan writes:
> > > Does this mean that, in effect, MS has control over __EVERY__ website
> > > whose url begins 'www' ?
> >
> > No. Not even if the rumor is true. The most it would give them is the
> > right to stop others from using 'www' to sell a product similar to the one
> > they are using it for. A trademark is not a copyright.
>
> Dont ya hate timezones? Poor John here is behind the times.... :)
>
Actually I thinks it's now April 1 where John is as well now.
Too bad I only had 1 bite - I thought that one more piece of apparent misinformation buried amongst so much other might have been swallowed by more people.
Never mind :)
Ivan.
>
> Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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