On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:58:25 +0530, Kaustubh Gadkari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > And now since I am at it, let me also mention that I > > also noticed people using words like windoze and > > windos > There is an extremely practical reason for doing so. Windoze ( replace ze with > ws ) is a registered trademark of M$. Which means that everytime I want to > use that word, I have to ask M$ for permission and pay royalty, which I don't > really want to do ( and I guess neither does anyone else ). Hence windoze.
AFAIK, 'Microsoft Windows' is trademark. My house has 10 windows. I don't think I need to ask Microsoft when I use it in this context. :D Regards, Shantanoo -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/mailing-list/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
