On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, mouss wrote:

> I don't blame them. The name has been adopted and widely used:
> they had no chance at this.

Actually, they did have a chance early on; I heard that they didn't 
object so long as the term was not capitalized. Allowing that loophole 
is what allowed the term to become generic.

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