OT: Online auctins an institution?

From: Innfogra_at_aol.com <(Innfogra_at_aol.com)>
Date: Tue Dec 22 20:37:02 1998

In a message dated 12/22/98 4:49:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
netcafe_at_pirie.mtx.net.au writes:

>
> I seem to recall that this is the reason the Pentium(c) is called that and
> not
> a 586. Intel tried to copyright it, (to stop clone chip makers calling
> their cpu's
> "586's", and were told by the courts (?) that a numerical sequence couldn't
> be
> copyrighted.
>
Actually I believe that Intel lost their copyright on the X86s by allowing
others to use the numbering system. In the US you have to vigorously protect
your copyright to keep it. Intel was lax and allowed the sequence to become
common words and numbers.
Paxton
Received on Tue Dec 22 1998 - 20:37:02 GMT