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Re: At what point does software become an application?
Subject:Re: At what point does software become an application? From:Kate O'Neill <kateo -at- CINEBASE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:02:55 -0700
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> > Before Bill is installed, it is "the Bill software"
> > After Bill is installed, it is just plain Bill.
>
>
> Is Bill trademarked? If so, the legal department, or whoever it is that
> is responsible for protecting the trademark, will probably have an
> opinion, and that opinion may well be that it is "the Bill software" at
> all times.
>
[O'Neill, Kate] Right. In my experience, legal departments will
cringe
at many uses of trademarked names. For example, use of the
possessive
(e.g., "Bill's capabilities") is usually discouraged.
--
Kate O'Neill: Manager of Documentation
Cinebase Software
kate -at- cinebase -dot- com ... direct -at- 650 -dot- 568 -dot- 7343
