From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY, INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,a2c7f6cbdb72aa16 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Ken Garlington" Subject: Re: "proprietary", was Re: ada on linux Date: 2000/05/30 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 629208874 References: <8gppqa$og7$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8gq6r9$un$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <8h0hmg$95u$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 959725706 216.215.65.126 (Tue, 30 May 2000 17:28:26 CDT) Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 17:28:26 CDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-05-30T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:8h0hmg$95u$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > In article <8gq6r9$un$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, > Robert Dewar wrote: > > In article , > > "Ken Garlington" 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...