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RE: Trademarks, random strings, sharing, reserved words



On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Robert Frank wrote:

> The posting below claims that there is some "history" to the concept of
> names that should be considered.  What kind of printer do you use? A
> HPLJ2 or a BJ-20? What kind of car do you drive? A 320i or a TR-7 or a
> MGB-GT? 
> 
> Are these not names?

Of course they are. But they are definitely not random strings. They are
just words in a language that only some people speak, namely computer
specialists and car enthusiasts.

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