The really funny bit about the Apple controversy is that if you look in the
sounds available on a Macintosh you'll see one called sosumi. That name is
apparently a reference to the legal problems surrounding Apple turning the
Macintosh into a sound device; say the name and it sounds like "so sue me."
-kenan
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> From: "Jason Schneiderman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Funny you should mention those two choices; wasn't there a suit in the
> > early 80's between Apple Computer and Apple Music, the Beatles' former
> > label?
>
> The really big suit was between Apple and the makers of the Macintosh
audio
> equipment. Apple had to basically agree not to get into the
> amplifier/speaker business in order to use the Macintosh name brand. When
> they turned the Mac into a multimedia platform and dressed it up with
stereo
> speakers, there was quite the hoe-down over the trademark.
>
> Ryan
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