Re: [ot?]Trademark Alpha

From: Don Sykes (paladin_at_mydomain.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:38:50 GMT

Keith Cayemberg wrote:

> Nic Clews <sendspamhere@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:<c4bgpt$5j$1@lore.csc.com>...
>
>>Don Sykes wrote:
>>
>>>This is a sad tale that may lead me to a bright, new career in the dog
>>>walking industry.
>>
>>
>>OK, I'm not a legal expert, so take my response with the pinch of salt
>>it deserves, however...
>>
>
> . . .
> . . .
>
>
> And also to specifically answer your question. I have been
> using/programming-on/teaching OpenVMS since 1981(and using Tops-10
> before that). I have also conducted my own OpenVMS market research
> since about 1997. Alpha Software was unknown to me until you mentioned
> them in your recent posting. In contrast, your company has been known
> to me for a couple years. Ideed, I once made a posting about available
> graphics solutions for VMS which included your firm.

Thank you for that.

>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3a65a5c8.0309091217.4c05cfe1%40posting.google.com&oe=UTF-8
>
> I have never encountered one instance of confusion between your
> company and Alpha Software. Indeed, a Google Groups search of the
> COMP.OS.VMS collection back to 1994 results in ONE match. It's your
> recent posting to COV...

Thanks again. Statements like this can be very helpful, should this wind
up in court.
Also a big thanks to Google Groups, which saves all these pages (I
wonder how many tera bytes of storage they have).

>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=alphasoftware&btnG=Search&meta=group%3Dcomp.os.vms
>
>
> Cheers!
>

Cheers back. I'll raise a pint to you and the cov group tonight! 

-- 
Have VMS, Will Travel
Wire paladin, San Francisco
(paladinATalphaseDOTcom)

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