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- From: Harv@cup.portal.com (Harv R Laser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Voyager?
- Date: 26 Jan 1996 11:40:03 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- Message-ID: <149982@cup.portal.com>
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- >>I just saw an advertisement on the Amiga Web Directory about Voyager, which
- >>Escom is including in its 'Surfer Pack'. Does anyone know if it will be
- >>released elsewhere? (i.e. Shareware, Commercial, Freeware)
- >
- >I could be wrong, but I am fairly sure that eithor IBM or mickysoft are
- >developing a web browser called "Voyager" as well... if so, surely AT are
- >walking into breach of copyright/trademark suits?
- >
- >Can anyone confirm if this is the case?
- >
- >Jason
- >
- There's also a currently-sold Astronomy package from Carina
- Software called Voyager. I sent this info to Amiga Tech a few
- weeks ago and they seemed rather concerned. Yesterday I saw
- a press release issued by Gilles Bourdin of AT and it listed
- the browser as being named "Mindwalker."
-
- Now.. how many in the audience know another program for the
- Amiga, circa 1985, which was named Mindwalker? Raise your hands.
- [looking around the audience.]
-
- Very good. It was one of the earliest Amiga games, published
- by C= themselves. Thus, since Escom/AT owns all the intellectual
- property, trademarks, etc. of the former C=, the name
- Mindwalker belongs to them too, so they can use it on their
- browser without fear of trademark lawyers pistol-whipping them.
-
- Well I suppose Mindwalker is a better name for the browser than
- uh... "Sidecar" would be :))))
-
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- >
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