Bob Ebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> 1) Coke and Xerox very aggressively defend their brands. That is, you
> won't get Pepsi, RC, or generic cola if you ask for a Coke, and you won't
> get generic copier paper if you ask for Xerox paper. ...and you wouldn't
I can't count the number of times I've gotten Pepsi when I
asked for "a coke" at restaurants (I think this happens more in the
South, though). Only occasionally does the waitstaff warn me by saying
"Pepsi okay for that coke?". And it's even more common to use phrases
like "get a coke" for any carbonated-beverage break. I still hear
Xeroxing in common use for photocopying. Perhaps we travel in totally
different circles, but my experience says that their brand defense
hasn't really made this usage go away.
> want your secretary to bring back a Cassiopia if sent them out to get a
> Palm V.
True.
... but this is now almost completely off-charter. We now
return you to your regularly scheduled development issues...
- Nathan
