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Date:      Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:07:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com>
To:        roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier ROBERT)
Cc:        Piero@piero.inet.it, jmb@kryten.atinc.com, bugs@warlock.win.net, hackers@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: A "FreeBSD" Daemon
Message-ID:  <199502222207.OAA05446@ref.tfs.com>
In-Reply-To: <9502222156.AA01591@blaise.ibp.fr> from "Ollivier ROBERT" at Feb 22, 95 10:56:21 pm

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> > There's  another  thing  to think carefully of: in many countries
> > (Italy for example) comparative advertising is  not  allowed.  No
> > matter  if  FreeBSD  is not a commercial product, you cannot have
> > its  daemon break Windows' (tm) logo (or any other logo).
> 
> Then what about the little things Mickeysoft hide under some special
> combinations of keys or mouse clicks in Excel and Word (A Word
> jumping on a 1/2/3 logo) or what did WordPerfect on the same line ?
> 
> They were in the french versions as well and in France we don't have
> comparative ads either.

What are you waiting for, SUE THE BASTARDS !
:-)

Actually I wish somebody would, it is interesting that MS belives they
can break national law that way...

-- 
Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@login.dknet.dk>
TRW Financial Systems, Inc.
I am Pentium Of Borg. Division is Futile. You WILL be approximated.



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