Dil, Dont throw the towel in so easily - Launchpad (QL) was here first, long before Mac OS Lion. Now, if Mr. Jobs wants to offer you, say, 4 or 5 million to change the name, then we'll talk......... :)
Darren. On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Dilwyn Jones <dil...@evans1511.fsnet.co.uk>wrote: > Dilwyn Jones wrote: > >> Lee Privett wrote: >> >>> Hmmn, Dilwyn contact your legal team, Apple in their new op system >>> LION have a new feature with that same name (out next month) >>> >>> >>> >>> Now I like Dilwyn's Launchpad >>> >>> But I also like Apple's Launchpad >>> >>> So which is better...Fiiiiiiiiiiiigggggghhhhtttttt >>> >> He he...I suspect mine would work better on QDOS or SMSQ...theirs >> better on the fruitier machines ;-) >> >> Mine's been out so long it's high time I rewrote it and called it >> something else anyway (QL-Launchpad???). Might sell a few more then! >> >> Since there is proof of how long I used the name, I guess I can rely >> on you to send them a kind email telling them they have 48 hours to >> rename or remove every instance of their Launchpad worldwide ;-) >> >> (actually, I'd rather you didn't...) >> >> Seriously though, it's a common name for a program or task launcher >> anyway, I know of at least 2 freeware PC programs of that name. If >> they really feel concerned about the use of my name on a hundred or so >> 1984 machines they are welcome to waste their money sending me a >> polite email or letter and I will send them an equally nice email or >> letter saying "OK"... >> >> You can guess I don't really care...zzzzzzzz... >> >> BTW, your video upscalar for QL, what is latest on that? You said >> you'd sent them a QL to play with, that was the last I heard. >> >> AND, glad to see you are getting committee emails at last! My moaning >> email seems to have done the trick. Now what we need is prompting to >> get the website finished so we can all login to the CMS and start >> improving it. You chould check a CMS login has been set up for you. I >> assume you know what a Content Management System is, in fact you most >> probably have 10 times (at least) the experience of them I do. >> >> o) >>> >> >> Dilwyn >> > In hindsight, that was probably an unwise jokey reply, but > light-heartedness apart (silly mood tonight for some reason) you get the > idea of how I feel about this - if Apple were to tell me to stop using the > name I would, as my Launchpad is quite an old product. I'd simply find a new > name. Although somehow I don't think Apple would be too worried by an old > program running on a 1984 computer. > > The references to the Quanta website refer of course to the fact that Lee > is the new Editor of Quanta magazine. Sarah Gilpin is editing the issue > currently in preparation and hopefully Lee will be in a position to take > over from the following issue. I hope you'll all agree that his return to > the QL scene and his high level of activity and ideas will be a real benefit > to both Quanta and the QL scene in general. > > There, hopefully I've embarrassed him enough for now ;-) > > Dilwyn Jones > > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > -- *Darren Branagh.* _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
