Re: "I am a program....what is my NAME?"

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From: Ian B Staples
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 10:07

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fhuber@iastate.edu (Frederick H Huber) writes:

>In <3i0tr9$4b5@garuda.csulb.edu> rgelb@csulb.edu (Robert Gelb) writes:
>>You can't do that.  And why would someone want to change the name of your 
>>program???
>Why? ... to Pirate it of course! (or maybe they have something else with
>the same name they want in the same directory.)

Yeah.  Like bloody Central Point Software did some years ago when they
brought out a version of PC-Tools with the MIRROR program.  There was
already a communications package on the market called MIRROR, but that
didn't seem to worry CPS -- they probably wouldn't get away with it today
though  :)

Cheers,  Ian S.

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From: staplei@planet.mh.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian B Staples)
Subject: Re: "I am a program....what is my NAME?"
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