--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey! Watch that appropriating my name for your > > theory stuff! You're getting into tricky legal > > and ethical territory...doncha remember how Carl > > Sagan went ballistic when Apple named one of their > > projects after him? He threatened to sue. > > That should have been 'code-named' one of their > projects after him. The code name is an internal- > to-the-company thing, so most folks at Apple were > surprised at his reaction and, as I heard it, > changed the offending code name immediately, to BHA. > > Speculation that this acronym stood for Butt Hole > Astronomer was neither confirmed or denied by > Apple management. >
He sued about THAT too, and the judge ruled that there wasn't sufficient semantic content of the term in the context of his professional life for him to prove damages. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
