On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 02:17:11AM -0800, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > Agreed. But use of a brand name to attempt to stop other people from > giving away the same thing you do under the same name is a bit of a > novelty.
Advertisers have been doing this for years, as have broadcasters. [There's ways of making money off free software that don't involve advetising (for example, when you have product A which is a complement to product B, increases in the supply of product A increases the demand for product B), but that's not a new idea either, but I've not done any research on branding history in that context.] -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
