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From: "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org>
Subject: Re: "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux
Date: 2000/05/30
Date: 2000-05-30T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <egXY4.1488$IO4.119071@news.flash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 8h0hmg$95u$1@nnrp1.deja.com


"Ted Dennison" <dennison@telepath.com> wrote in message
news:8h0hmg$95u$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> In article <8gq6r9$un$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > In article <gj_X4.2373$s64.80377@news.flash.net>,
> >   "Ken Garlington" <Ken.Garlington@computer.org> wrote:
> > > Lockheed Martin, please. The distinction is subtle but
> > > important.
> >
> > Indeed! Sorry for the excessive abbreviation in my post
>
> For some reason, those who came up from the Martin Marietta side of
> thengs tend to get touchy about that.

Actually, I'm from the Lockheed (nee General Dynamics) side. I just know
that the corporate position is to protect the trademark by not allowing the
name to be shortened. Aviation Week ran a (somewhat snide) article some time
back about the postcards that LM legal sends to publications that shorten
the name...






      reply	other threads:[~2000-05-30  0:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-05-27  0:00 "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux tmoran
2000-05-28  0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-28  0:00   ` tmoran
2000-05-28  0:00     ` David Starner
2000-05-28  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-28  0:00       ` tmoran
2000-05-28  0:00         ` David Starner
2000-05-29  0:00         ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-29  0:00           ` tmoran
2000-05-29  0:00             ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-30  0:00         ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-30  0:00           ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-30  0:00             ` bill
2000-05-31  0:00               ` Florian Weimer
2000-06-01  0:00                 ` Geoff Bull
2000-06-03  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-03  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-03  0:00                 ` tmoran
2000-06-03  0:00                   ` Jeff Creem
2000-06-05  0:00                     ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-05  0:00                       ` Jeff Creem
2000-06-06  0:00                         ` GPL distribution rules (was: "proprietary") Larry Kilgallen
2000-06-03  0:00                   ` "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux Dale Stanbrough
2000-06-05  0:00                   ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-05  0:00                     ` tmoran
2000-06-05  0:00                       ` Geoff Bull
2000-06-05  0:00                         ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-05  0:00                       ` Robert Dewar
2000-06-05  0:00                         ` tmoran
2000-06-05  0:00                     ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-30  0:00             ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-30  0:00               ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-30  0:00                 ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-30  0:00                 ` About AdaOS Didier Utheza
     [not found]                   ` <WCBZ4.4122$XX4.63232@news-east.usenetserver.com>
2000-06-01  0:00                     ` Didier Utheza
2000-05-28  0:00   ` "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux Ken Garlington
2000-05-28  0:00     ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-30  0:00       ` Ted Dennison
2000-05-30  0:00         ` Ken Garlington [this message]
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