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Subject:Re: trademarks (was Windows Annotations) From:"Eric L. Dunn" <edunn -at- TRANSPORT -dot- BOMBARDIER -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Jun 1999 14:45:45 -0400
Sean sean -at- quodata -dot- com wrote:
>>However, from the front matter of an MS book, "Microsoft," "Windows," and
>>"Windows NT" are registered trademarks. I think you will find that
Microsoft
>>requires you use the term "Windows NT" and not "NT."
Isn't that why NT5 is being released as Windows 2000? The marketing guys
decided that it was best to force the use of "Windows" for all the
different OS's so that everyone would be forced to acknowledge the
trademark and ensure Microsoft visibility. As it stands you could write a
book about NT and not mention microsoft at all.
