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I feel compelled to rectify this:

gary s anderson <gsa@easyaspi.udev.cdc.com> writes:
|
|   NOTE - the X.500 pilot project was explicitly called a "white pages"
|   project because of issues raised by the poverty-stricken U.S. phone
|   companies (i.e. concerns about a "yellow pages" conflict).  I do not
|   recall all the details (e.g. yellow pages on a government sponsered
|   backbone, etc.), however, maybe someone "in-the-know" might
|   consider contributing to this thread.....

This is called "slander" where I come from, and is most unbecoming.

First of all, "white pages" commonly refer to listings sorted
alphabetically rather than topically, such as by service.  Unless I have
misunderstood X.500, it's precisely a "white pages" kind of thing.
Hence the name.

Second, what you probably confuse this issue with, is Sun Microsystems,
Inc, and their "yellow pages" (YP) distributed database which threatened
the trademark belonging to _British_ Telecom, the _U.K._ phone company.
It seems that Bwitish trademark law is such that they have a flat
namespace, which enabled/forced BT to sue SMI.  SMI was forced to name
it "NIS" as a result of this suit.

Third, if you think stupid Bwitish trademark laws have anything to do
with how "poverty-stricken" phone companies are, you're _seriously_
confused both about legal matters and about the financial status of
phone companies.

I have nothing to do with British Telecom, the X.500 white pages
project, Sun Microsystems, Inc, or any U.S. phone companies, and this
article does not constitute legal advice or opinion.  I'm just concerned
with assigning blame and labels of stupidity to the right people, and
not generate more confusion than we already have.

Best regards,
</Erik>
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