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- From: wutka@netcom.com (Mark Wutka)
- Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
- Subject: Sun Microsystems Sues Island of Java
- Keywords: topical, smirk, computers
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 96 3:20:04 EDT
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- SUN MICROSYSTEMS SUES ISLAND OF JAVA*
-
- Mountain View, CA -- Sun Microsystems today filed a trademark
- infringement against the island of Java* over the use of Sun's
- Java* trademark.
-
- Responding to criticism that the island has been called Java* for
- centuries, Sun lawyer Frank Cheatham said "Yeah, and in all that
- time they never filed for a trademark. They deserve to lose the
- name."
-
- Rather than pay the licensing fee, the island decided to change
- its name. They originally voted to change it to Visu Albasic, but
- an angry telegram from Redmond, Washington convinced them otherwise.
- The country finally settled on a symbol for a name -- a neatly-colored
- coffee cup which still evokes the idea of java. Since most
- newspapers and magazines will not be able to print the name of the
- island, it will hereafter be referred to in print as "The Island
- Formerly Known As Java*".
-
- The Island Formerly Known As Java* bills itself as a cross-landmass
- island, but so far has only been implemented in production on the
- Malay Archipelago. Africa is been rumored to have implemented it
- on Madagascar, but it is still in alpha testing.
-
- Lawyers from Sun would also like to locate the owners of the huge
- fiery ball at the center of the solar system. They have some legal
- papers for them...
-
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- *Java is a Trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Anyone caught using the
- trademark without permission will be beaten, flogged, sued, and forced
- to use Microsoft products.
-
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