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To: Dave O. who wrote (11548)	11/3/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

It gets better... 208.16.54.204 JCJ ---- Redmond Blunders In Name Game Again; Oh Brother, How Dumb Can You Get by Stuart Zipper This is so absolutely delicious we can't stop chuckling. Microsoft forgot to do its homework when it decided on the name Windows 2000 for what was originally going to be NT 5.0 (see story inside). The name was trademarked two-and-a-half years ago by Robert Kerstein, the former cellular CFO of McCaw Cellular Corporation, on behalf of his Encyberpedia reference web site. Microsoft pulled the same stunt with Internet Explorer, going to market with the name despite the fact that it had already been trademarked by someone else. Redmond bought its way out of that one, setting a precedent that's left Kerstein pondering his options. It will also be recalled that Microsoft's choice of the name NT originally raised eyebrows at Northern Telecom which said it was their nickname. The news that it's done it again left Redmond's spokesmen stuttering. At press time, we were still waiting to hear back from Microsoft for an explanation of how it could happen, and just what Redmond plans to do about it. Kerstein says he's never been called by Microsoft. Surely somebody in the Redmond chain-of-command should have noticed...