"David A. Desrosiers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > sync - HotSync(TM) technology
>
> 'HotSync(r) technology', per the trademark page
>
> > PDA - Palm(TM) handheld
>
> 'Palm[tm] handheld device' (again, per the trademark page)
>
> Both ugly in any way you phrase them. We're not just supporting
> Palm[tm] handheld devices here. So far, the devices supported are: Palm,
> Handera, TRG, Handspring, Kyocera, Qualcomm, Symbol. Palm is only 1/7th of the
> market we're supporting with pilot-link.
True. I think IBM(TM) has a PalmOS-compatible(TM) Thing(TM), too.
That makes it 1/8.
> I'm in favor of replacing all the references in the visible
> documentation and manpages and sprintf's/etc. to "Pilot" and not
> "Palm" and not "Palm Pilot" (<- or can we use this one now?), since
> that clearly removes us from Palm actually pointing at us in any way
> (though it puts us in the path of Pilot Pen/Pilot Corporation of
> America, but I doubt they're going to go suing us anytime soon).
Well, I just spent a few minutes on the TESS trademark search and
didn't find anything on "pilot", but I wouldn't promise it. Does 3Com
still hold anything?
> I just went to CompUSA today and picked up a Pilot (pen) dual-stylus
> and pen combo. Nice and fat at the bottom, no reference to either PDA, Pilot,
> Palm, handheld, or anything at all on the package -- NOTHING. Weird.
Odd. Probably just wanted to save ink, but it seems strange anyway,
because certain styluses don't fit in certain PDA-Palm-like-things,
whatever we'll call it.
> Anyway, if we're going to use Palm, we should adhere to what they
> require on their page. Remember, we're already "In Violation(tm)" of
> that by calling pilot-link by it's name.
Well, from what I can tell, it looks like "pilot" is safe, but I'm
still wary.
> "Palm[tm]-handheld-device-link"?
>
> "/dev/Palm[tm]"?
Bleah. I don't know off the top of my head, but I'd expect a shell to
choke on that.
> I don't think so =) If we're going to nuke the Palm trademarks in
> full, we should come up with a ubiquitous name, such as Pilot, to
> use instead. PDA is too broad, and Palm is too narrow.
> Brainstorm anyone?
PDA may be too broad, but it would work as long as the first reference
to it specifically calls it a Palm(TM) Thing(TM), so people will know
what it more specifically refers to.
Bother. In any case, here's what I'll do, for the time being:
This: <!entity palm system "../template-palm.sgml"> will be placed at
the top of each document. We can brainstorm and I can go ahead and
finish these. I'd expected to have to fiddle with the wording of it,
so I've already been using this entity for a while. It's only used as
a noun.
I'll think on it.
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Chris Riddoch | epistemological
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