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Re: At what point does software become an application?
Subject:Re: At what point does software become an application? From:Julia Land <jltw -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:49:02 -0500
> Before Bill is installed, it is "the Bill software"
> After Bill is installed, it is just plain Bill.
Is Bill trademarked? If so, the legal department, or whoever it is that
is responsible for protecting the trademark, will probably have an
opinion, and that opinion may well be that it is "the Bill software" at
all times.
