On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Nick Rout wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 06:49 +1200, Robert Fisher wrote:
> > Anyone tried Mandriva Linux
> >
> > http://www.mandriva.com/
>
> easier to trademark than mandrake (which is a real word)??

Mandrake plant.

Mandrake the Magican comic strip.  Mandrake Linux followed this line, top
hat and all.  I think this is where they ran into copyright problems with
Hurst.

Phil.

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