22 Dec
1998
22 Dec
'98
12:37 p.m.
In a message dated 12/22/98 4:49:52 PM Pacific Standard Time,
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au writes:
I seem to recall that this is the reason the Pentium(c) is called that and
not
a 586. Intel tried to copyright it, (to stop clone chip makers calling
their cpu's
"586's", and were told by the courts (?) that a numerical sequence
couldn't
be
copyrighted.
Actually I believe that Intel lost their copyright on the X86s by allowing
others to use the numbering system. In the US you have to vigorously protect
your copyright to keep it. Intel was lax and allowed the sequence to become
common words and numbers.
Paxton