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- From: knie2586@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Robert Joseph Knier)
- Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.185039.18836@uwm.edu>
- Keywords: BSDI AT&T
- Sender: news@uwm.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <83873@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Jul20.211811.3152@algor2.algorists.com> <54661@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 18:50:39 GMT
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- In article <54661@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> mm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike MacKenzie) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul20.211811.3152@algor2.algorists.com>, jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:
- >> According to today's _ComputerWorld_ (July 20, 1992, page 16) AT&T's
- >> USL has sued Berkeley Software Design, Inc. in U.S. District Court in
- >> NJ. Copyright and patent infringement are apparently *not* involved,
- >> the grounds being specified as "trademark infringement, false
- >> advertizing and unfair competition."
- >>
- >
- >
- >AT&T can do this, and I can stop using them as my long distance carrier.
- >Also, when I need a new cordless phone, Panasonic & Sony make fine
- >cordless phones.
- >The 386bsd INSTALL.NOTES claims about 100,000 sites. If every site were
- >to switch to MCI or Sprint, would AT&T notice?
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- Good point, I'll have to remember this when I receive a phone call
- from AT&T to switch over (I currently have MCI).
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- Bob Knier
- (knie2586@csd4.csd.uwm.edu)
- >
- >
- >Michael MacKenzie (Purdue University Unix Group)
- >mm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
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