rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) (02/24/88)
In past postings, there've been references to the makers of LightspeedC and Lightspeed Pascal as "Lightspeed", or "Lightspeed, Inc.", and variations on the theme. I just want to correct this. The maker of the LightspeedC and Lightspeed Pascal languages is THINK Technologies, which is in turn a division of Symantec Corporation. The easiest way to refer to the company is to call them "THINK". I'm not nitpicking here. There is a real company called "Lightspeed, Inc." They make desktop-publishing packages for a variety of computers, the Mac among them. The word "Lightspeed" is a trademark registered to Lightspeed, Inc. and is used by THINK Technologies with their express permission. This is one reason why the language compilers are now named "THINK's LightspeedC" and "THINK's Lightspeed Pascal", and why they're not trademarked. Just wanted to clear the air; I don't want to be in the position of appearing to condone the loose use of a trademarked name.... --Rich
ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac) (02/25/88)
In article <AW8hYry00WABgH40J0@andrew.cmu.edu> rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) writes: >The maker of the LightspeedC and Lightspeed Pascal languages is THINK >Technologies, which is in turn a division of Symantec Corporation. >The easiest way to refer to the company is to call them "THINK". Just to make things more confusing for you uucp buffs, the easiest way to contact "THINK" is *not* to send e-mail to think!whoever or whoever@think.com, because we're Thinking Machines Corporation. We don't make any Mac-related products, we just use them. (Rich: what machine is THINK on, if any?) >I'm not nitpicking here. There is a real company called "Lightspeed, >Inc." They make desktop-publishing packages for a variety of >computers, the Mac among them. For that matter, there's also a Florida company called "Lightspeed Electronics" which packages Mac systems. I have no idea what claims they have on the name Lightspeed. >Just wanted to clear the air; I don't want to be in the position of >appearing to condone the loose use of a trademarked name.... Ditto. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"
rs4u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Siegel) (02/27/88)
Geez, this is bad... :-)
If you need to send mail directly to THINK Technologies, you can reach them
at:
singer@endor.harvard.edu (internet)
....!harvard!endor!singer (uucp)
However, people at THINK Technologies read comp.sys.mac.* every day; they're
just not as obnoxious as I am. :-) So it's not really necesary to send mail
directly, since anything you say can and will be read by us, in one form or
another.
-_Rich
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