Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!ames!cit-vax!amdahl!rtech!bobm From: bobm@rtech.UUCP (Bob Mcqueer) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d Subject: Re: VC Message-ID: <601@rtech.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 14:20:33 EST Article-I.D.: rtech.601 Posted: Wed Jan 14 14:20:33 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Jan-87 22:32:42 EST References: <1532@kitty.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA Lines: 15 in article <1532@kitty.UUCP>, larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) says: > 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 wondered about this too. I generally check for the name before I build something, which is how I found that "vc" already existed, so I built the thing as "vcalc". BUT, I notice that vc is /usr/ucb/vc - it probably DOESN'T conflict on SYS V systems. I still would have thought they'd have checked before marketing it. -- Bob McQueer {amdahl, sun, mtxinu, hoptoad, cpsc6a}!rtech!bobm