Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 13:04:40 +0100 From: James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Aled Treharne <taff@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web p Message-ID: <19971018130440.27183@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971017233537.1070A-100000@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk>; from Aled Treharne on Fri, Oct 17, 1997 at 11:38:21PM %2B0100 References: <2.2.32.19971017194008.006bd298@mail.onlink.net> <Pine.BSF.3.95.971017233537.1070A-100000@blue.bad.bris.ac.uk>
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On Fri, Oct 17, 1997 at 11:38:21PM +0100, Aled Treharne wrote: > > I dream of a world where people say "Micro-what? who?" Sadly it seems to be going the other way. One of the leading clothing chains here (M&S?) got into a lot of trouble for a producing a "microsoft" grade of women's tights, even though the offending word was on a small label that could only be seen by closely inspecting the item in question. Eventually they were allowed to continue using the word providing (1) the label was on the inside only and (2) the word was not used on men's underwear. (UK -> US translation: tights -> pantyhose) -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland. james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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