30 Jun
2009
30 Jun
'09
7:34 a.m.
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:11:38 +0100, Adrian Graham wrote:
COMPAQ originally stood for 'COMPAtability with Quality' because of their
IBM-copyright busting compatible BIOS. That's the official line anyhoo :)
I have no reason to dispute any official story/reason ....
Does not change the fact that the spelling Compaq was not in common use until they
registered it as a
trademark and now it has attained exclusive use in a wide range of products and services.
While it is possiable to get a common name registered as a trademark, it requires the
common word be
used in an uncommon way and a good lawyer :-)
later
Bob