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Apple Making a Spreadsheet?
Raleel writes "It appears that apple has trademarked the word "Numbers". Speculation is that it is a new spreadsheet. It makes sense with Keynote, Pages, and Mail." That would sort of fill in the last major hole in their lineup.
How the heck can anyone get away with trademarking a common word? Can I trademark the word "trademark" and send the world into a self-referential abyss?
I'm an apple user and supporter, but this is just silly. Name it that, fine, but don't try to limit other people from using it.
Surely an Apple spreadsheet is just about the last thing we or they need. We already have OO. If you don't like that, we have Gnumeric. If you want something simpler we have AppleWorks or KOffice. Then there is Excel. What on earth can these guys be thinking of, if with 2% market share they can find time to develop yet another spreadsheet! Oh, of course, silly of me, it will have Aqua coloring. Yes, that will sell a lot more hardware!
If my life ever becomes so sad that I not only perch myself on my keyboard all day long, but actually PAY to subscribe to an online forum so I can be the first karma-whoring poster to every article, I hope my friends (if I have any left at this miserable stage of existance) will have the courtesy to put a bullet in my brain.
Where'd you get this jacket?
Well, you're obviously a freaking authority on spreadsheets, then.
"Closet"
Ha Ha Ha. I get it. Cos open office is teh sux!. It sucks so bad people who use it should be shot!. It really really sux. It sux bad alright. It's sucky suck.
You are one clever dude.
evil is as evil does