Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: VC Message-ID: <1532@kitty.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 09:04:08 EST Article-I.D.: kitty.1532 Posted: Mon Jan 12 09:04:08 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Jan-87 04:48:46 EST References: <455@sii.UUCP> Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 24 Summary: vc(1) - version control In article <455@sii.UUCP>, drd@sii.UUCP (David Dick) writes: > This morning I saw the posting that Bob Bond made of a > public domain spread sheet calculator in net.sources. Based > on Mark Weiser's previous version, he called the program "vc". > > 'vc' is a registered trademark of Software Innovations, Inc. for > our UNIX(R) spreadsheet. We've been selling our spreadsheet > under that name for 5 years now. ... Ahem. How can you register ``vc'' as a trademark for use in the UNIX (tm) environment when the command vc(1) - version control clearly predates your spreadsheet program? I'm also surprised that the poster of the program didn't know about the conflict with vc(1) unless, of course, he didn't have it on his system; however, two UNIX versions that I work with (UniSoft Uniplus+ and NCR Tower) have the command, and I have seen it on other systems. In any event, I liked the description of the program, compiled it with no hitch under Sys V, renamed it vcs(1), and am going to test it this week. <> Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York <> UUCP: {allegra|bbncca|decvax|nike|rocksanne|watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry <> VOICE: 716/688-1231 {hplabs|ihnp4|mtune|seismo|utzoo}!/ <> FAX: 716/741-9635 {G1,G2,G3 modes} "Have you hugged your cat today?"