Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!ninja!sys1!hal6000!trsvax!uhclem From: uhclem@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: I'm going to hate myself Message-ID: <193500005@trsvax> Date: 20 Jun 88 14:42:00 GMT References: <20355@beta.lanl.gov> Lines: 44 Nf-ID: #R:beta.lanl.gov:20355:trsvax:193500005:000:1619 Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!uhclem Jun 20 09:42:00 1988 <> B>1. What ever happened to Digital Systems House? Dunno. B>2. If they are gone (likely), who inherited the trademark for B> MINIX(tm)? According to a letter I got in the US MAIL on Friday, offering to sell me MINIX, MINIX(TM) is a registered trademark of Prentice Hall, Inc. B>3. What happens to a trademark (such as MINIX(tm)) when a company B> goes away?? Trademarks die hard. When companies are bought out, they usually transfer to the new owner. If the company goes under, the creditors can sell it just like any other asset, as long as it is still in force. FYI, The MINIX software is available for $79.95 for these targets: A. 640K IBM PC (full binaries and sources) #58387-2 B. 256K [ha!] IBM PC (same as above, except no C compiler is present [double ha!] #58388-0 C. 512K IBM AT (full binaries and sources) #58386-4 D. 9-track industry standard magnetic tape for class use on a VAX #58389-8 They are also pushing a book called "Design of the UNIX operating system" by Maurice J. Bach, for $37.33. And another book "Operating Systems Design and Implementation" #63740-5 for $39.33. The business reply address is PRENTICE-HALL, Inc. Book Distribution Center Route 59 at Brook Hill Drive West Nyack, New York, 10995 "Thank you, Uh Clem." Frank Durda IV @...decvax!microsoft!trsvax!uhclem ...convex!infoswx!hal6000!trsvax!uhclem ...sys1!hal6000!trsvax!uhclem