I assume the UI looks just like PROFS... On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Steve Thompson <ste...@copper.net> wrote:
> Two things: > > When you read the article, notice that it talks about all the email > systems, and then says that [the] legacy technology... Equating legacy to > Mainframe. > > So, when they decide they need to Trademark their software, their problem > will be that mainframe is already generic... That is, just like Microsoft, > you can spend millions to perfect your trademark (Windows), but it is still > a generic name (paraphrase of the court's opinion in Microsoft vs. Lindows > -- which is why they [Microsoft] paid to get that name and Lindows changed > their name to Linspire as a result). > > Just my observations. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson > > > On 12/07/2015 10:26 AM, Mark Regan wrote: > >> Mainframe Combines The Best Of Slack And Email >> By Sarah Perez (@sarahintampa) >> >> History has shown that you can’t topple email. The legacy technology >> invented in the early days of the net is too entrenched to be abandoned. >> But newer startups have found a way to at least move some communication >> outside of email, such as with team collaboration platforms like Yammer or >> Slack. >> >> Another newcomer, called Mainframe, is launching today onstage at >> TechCrunch Disrupt London with its own take on email 2.0. The startup is >> merging some of the concepts popularized by Slack, like channels, with the >> ability to communicate with the world outside your office, which is >> email’s >> biggest advantage. >> >> .....Continued at >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/07/mainframe-combines-the-best-of-slack-and-email/?ncid=rss >> >> Mark T. Regan >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
