ted@usceast.UUCP (Ted Nolan) (11/28/84)
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If we (in theory) can't use "UNIX" as a noun, how about "UOS" as an
acronym for "Unix Operating System." People have been wanting
"Unix" to stand for something for years, finally we have a motive
to meet this need :-) .
Seriously, UOS has the advantage of being short and not breaking too many
things. (ie uucp - UOS to UOS copy program, cu - call UOS etc). I'm sure
AT&T's lawyers aren't going to hassle the net, but people doing high visibility
things (writing books on Unix etc) might need an out soon.
Just a thought
Ted Nolan ..usceast!ted
PS : Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Labs (almost forgot!)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------ken@rochester.UUCP (Ken Yap) (11/29/84)
>If we (in theory) can't use "UNIX" as a noun, how about "UOS" as an >acronym for "Unix Operating System." People have been wanting >"Unix" to stand for something for years, finally we have a motive >to meet this need :-) . > >PS : Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Labs (almost forgot!) UOS sounds too much like You Owe Us :-} Regards, -- Ken Yap UUCP: (..!{allegra, decvax, seismo}!rochester!ken) ARPA: ken@rochester.arpa USnail: Ken Yap, Dept. of Comp. Sci., U. of Rochester, NY 14627.
Lauren@tgr.UUCP (11/30/84)
UOS is awfully close to someone else's product name (UNOS). Probably not a good idea. --Lauren--
Robert J Reschly Jr <reschly@BRL-AOS.ARPA> (11/30/84)
Greetings, How `bout UBOS (pronounced you-bose - rhymes with verbose) and stands for UNIX* Brand Operating System. Later, Bob ---------- * This footnote is a trademark of AT&TIS.
frodo@wlcrjs.uucp (12/09/84)
In article <4210@rochester.UUCP> ken@seneca.UUCP (Sue-Ken Yap) writes: >>If we (in theory) can't use "UNIX" as a noun, how about "UOS" as an >>acronym for "Unix Operating System." People have been wanting >>"Unix" to stand for something for years, finally we have a motive >>to meet this need :-) . >> >>PS : Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Labs (almost forgot!) > >UOS sounds too much like You Owe Us :-} > That makes it perfect! (Judging by AT&T's price schedule for the BLTJ UN*X issue) :-) Jim Scardelis
dmcanzi@watdcsu.uucp (12/09/84)
> >If we (in theory) can't use "UNIX" as a noun, how about "UOS" as an > >acronym for "Unix Operating System." People have been wanting > >"Unix" to stand for something for years, finally we have a motive > >to meet this need :-) . > > > >PS : Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Labs (almost forgot!) > > UOS sounds too much like You Owe Us :-} > > Regards, > Ken Yap Well, hey, that makes it *perfect*! > UOS is awfully close to someone else's product name (UNOS). Probably > not a good idea. > > --Lauren-- When somebody trademarks a name, are they also implicitly trademarking everything that might accidentally resemble it? Must we all spend our lives twisting ourselves out of shape for fear of displeasing some bloody lawyers? David Canzi
jnelson@trwrba.UUCP (John T. Nelson) (12/12/84)
It is a sad state of affairs indeed when you can't even refer to a product by its name. Now we're expected to refer to the Holy of Holys by an ACRONYM instead of by its proper name.... GEEE-OOOODDDSSSS! - John
eager@amd.UUCP (Mike Eager) (12/20/84)
> It is a sad state of affairs indeed when you can't even refer to > a product by its name. Now we're expected to refer to the Holy of > Holys by an ACRONYM instead of by its proper name.... > > > GEEE-OOOODDDSSSS! > - John Isn't this how the Israelites refered to God -- they used an acronym of YHWH -- Yahweh (or Jehovah)? Not the real name, mind you, but an acronym. Now we know the acronym, but we don't know what it stood for. We could do the same for U**X!! :-)
ignatz@aicchi.UUCP (Ihnat) (12/22/84)
. . . > When somebody trademarks a name, are they also implicitly trademarking > everything that might accidentally resemble it? Must we all spend our > lives twisting ourselves out of shape for fear of displeasing some > bloody lawyers? > > David Canzi . . . Yes. -- Dave Ihnat Analysts International Corporation (312) 882-4673 ihnp4!aicchi!ignatz
ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) (12/29/84)
> > Must we all spend our > > lives twisting ourselves out of shape for fear of displeasing some > > bloody lawyers? > > Yes. NO! The reason many of us do things with the word "Unix" is that we have contracts with AT&T agreeing to protect their trademark. (We're required by that contract to note that Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories and to make it "typographically distinct.") Protecting other people's trademarks is their own responsibility. Often, commercial outfits will credit trademarks in advertising so that the trademark owners don't get upset, but general correspondance and other use requires no such care. (I'm not a lawyer, so this isn't legal advice - it's just my understanding of the legal advice I've received.) -- Ed Gould {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed