On Sun, 2005-12-11 at 12:11 +0000, Daniel Carrera wrote: > Ian Lynch wrote: > > Awkward :-) Schwarzenegger is pretty awkward but it doesn't seem to have > > held him back that much. > > Arnie is not a typical case.
What is a typical case? Arnie could easily have changed his name, plenty of show business people do. He proves you don't necessarily have to, particularly when any benefit is marginal. > > Given that we can't change it to OpenOffice > > because that name is taken, what do you suggest? > > I just checked the USPTO database and I didn't find anyone owning the > word "OpenOffice". The closest match was "OpenOffice.org" owned by Sun > Microsystems. So "OpenOffice" is available. Not in every country otherwise I am sure that Sun would not have bothered with the .org. So maybe you could call it OpenOffice in say the USA but you would have to call it OpenOffice.org in Europe. That would be a lot more confusing than the current situation. How would an international web site refer to the name? -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
