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Apple Loses Aussie Trademark Complaint Over "i" Name
CuteSteveJobs writes "Apple has been dealt a severe blow having been told that it no longer has a monopoly on the letter 'i' for product naming. IP Australia, the government body that oversees trademark applications, rejected Apple's complaint against a company selling 'DOPi' laptop bags. Last year Australian computer company Macpro Computers claimed that after 26 years of flying its own Macpro brand that Apple was 'trying to burn us out' with legal fees. This was after Apple released its own Macpro line 3½ years ago. Apple lost that complaint, but is appealing. Last year Apple went after supermarket Woolworths complaining their new logo which featured a 'W' fashioned into the shape of an apple. (Woolworths sells real apples.)"
at no point have they ever said "Don't be Evil". Heck, they came out of the same mould as M$, so one must argue they are evil by induction.
Just bought a new quantum computer, but I'm uncertain how it works.
If you are a complete n00b and know nothing of the history of modern computing, then nothing. If you can remember back to 1990, like I can and lived through and was intimately involved in MS at the OS level, then you'd understand. Mold, granted as a disambiguation, but my original meaning stands. Be friendly.
Just bought a new quantum computer, but I'm uncertain how it works.