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- From: harper@oracorp.com (Douglas Harper)
- Subject: Re: Things go better with
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.164554.15263@oracorp.com>
- Organization: ORA Corporation, Ithaca, New York
- References: <857.18.uupcb@pcs.sj.ca.us>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:45:54 GMT
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- In article <857.18.uupcb@pcs.sj.ca.us> paul.burnett@pcs.sj.ca.us (Paul Burnett) writes:
- >TO: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- >
- >GMW>Apparently in the late 19th century, it became quite common to call a
- > >portable camera a "Kodak," or at least ie was popular until Eastman Kodak
- > >ran an ad compaign that went something like, "If it isn't an Eastman, it
- > >isn't a Kodak."
-
- Interesting aside: "Kodak" made it into French in 1891.
-
- >Somehow this reminds me of the story about the Benz motor car company,
- >which named an entire production run after a young lady named Mercedes,
- >the daughter of a major customer. The name stuck, and now almost nobody
- >remembers that the car company was Benz, not Mercedes.
-
- Time to revise my trivia hoard? I heard it was Benz's niece. Do you
- have a reference I can chase?
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