On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 11:25, Nick Rout wrote:
> strangely enough when I did a marketing paper at university, our
> lecturer was of the view that once a brand name became a household word
> for the generic item, that was the ultimate marketing success, ie your
> brand was so far into the market's mindset that they became unaware of
> other brands.
> 
> eg [electro]lux, xerox, etc.

hoover
vnc
nmap
...any others?

(note - all lowercase letters to avoid trademark infringement :)

Reply via email to