On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Chris wrote:
> >Chris, I suggest that you do not have all of the relevant facts. The
> >wrench carries that name because Crescent Tools were the original
> >developer and manufacturer of it. That the name is used generically for
> >all adjustable wrenches of that design is a tribute to its popularity
> >and usefulness. Much the same as we speak of `xeroxing' copies.
> >
> >Centronics did not invent the Blue Ribbon connector. Amphenol did.
> >Centronics merely found a useful application that became the standard
> >parallel connector on printers (and on early computers - pre IBM). Not
> >quite the same accomplishment.
>
> I know the facts, and I know exactly why it carries that name (much like
> a Yankee Drill). But the arguments regarding the usage of terms was that
> you should call the item by its name, NOT by the common usage term. It
> becomes irrevlivant if the common name is that of the maker (in the case
> of Crescent), or of the company that popularized it (in the case of
> Centronics). The name is wrong either way. Under the "Crescent" logic,
> lets just call the "Centronics" connector an "Amphenol"... unless that
> will confuse the issue as they already have a number of connectors
> commonly refered to as "amp".
AMP is a different company.
- don
> I was really pointing out the irony that support for the "its not a
> Centronics" argument was itself using a term that is doing EXACTLY what
> the Centronics term is doing... miscalling an item because of a popular
> name.
>
> I guess that was lost in the typing... I'll try to sprinkly more
> emoticons in my text next time.
>
> -chris
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Received on Tue Jan 01 2002 - 14:36:52 GMT