Forwarded FYI from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list... - deb "Donna." wrote: > > It seems that Microsoft, the company which once sued somebody to protect a > trademark on the word "bookshelf" in their software title, says that the > name "Digital Diva" is not trademarkable and thus it is okay for them to > have the domain digitaldiva.com. The Digital Divas, who own the domain > digitaldivas.com, are a grassroots organization of women who have done a > lot of community tech outreach, and they promote the idea that women are > smart and, if not already tech-savvy, can be very easily. Stacy Elliot, > Microsoft's digital diva, basically goes out for the non-tech users and > has a tendency to say things which confirm the existing (USian) > stereotype that women over 30 are tech weenies. > > The original Digital Divas think Stacy Elliot is hurting their reputation. > To be honest, I don't recall knowing of the original Digital Divas before > today, but as we all know I live in a cave and am not aware of a lot > that's going on in the net these days. *smile* > > For anybody interested in reading about this a bit, in addition to going > out to both digitaldiva.com and digitaldivas.com, here are some URLs to > get you started: > > An article about the dispute: > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/05/31/0256236 > > One of many articles talking about Microsoft having sued a small business > for using the word "Bookshelf" in its CD-ROM product: > http://www.eeicommunications.com/eye/bookshlf.html > > An interview with Stacy Elliot: > http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/indepth/docs/qa052900.htm > > Donna. > Cybrarian, NiEstu > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues
