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Date:      Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:50:12 -0400 (EDT)
From:      James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908061748090.10360-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1121.933972845@localhost>

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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> 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.

Bummer, I didn't know they stuck it to you every way possible.  How does
this effect the value of the technical effort?
 
> 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... :-)

Cool beans, how much does that one cost? :)

Jamie



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