Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 13:54:05 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Jamie Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu> Cc: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, Brian McGroarty <BMCGROARTY@high-voltage.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Marketing FreeBSD / FreeBSD as a product Message-ID: <1121.933972845@localhost> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Aug 1999 13:51:18 EDT." <Pine.LNX.4.10.9908061331470.17467-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu>
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> It seems to me that it is worth the technical effort (and maybe even some > money) to get the right to use the "UNIX" brand name. I have to disagree. Since this is a licensed trademark, it would mean an *ongoing* outlay of money to use it (it's a yearly license with X/Open) and I don't see that it makes as much marketing impact as it once did, certainly not enough to justify the costs. Most people think of "Linux" before they think of "Unix" these days anyway when it comes to brand ID, and maybe we should be negotiating to use the Linux trademark instead... :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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