On 8/26/2010 4:33 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
On 26/08/2010 09:59, Carlo Strata wrote:
Hi Johnny,
are you sure that Gail doesn't mean Writer and wrote Word only because he usually said Word?
Because he come from the Microsoft suite?
I think so...
You are probably right. Unfortunately "Word" is becoming a generic term for "Word Processor"
rather like "Hoover" has become a generic term for "Vacuum Cleaner"..
No "hoovering" in the US -- guess the company defended its trademark more vigorously here! There are
a lot of common-use terms that really shouldn't be used, though, like "Thermos" and "Kleenex" for
example. I think that the companies can actually lose control over the name if they don't actively
defend it.
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