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Article #615Re: Sears VAX
From: Berkley Shands
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1989 12:56
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1989 12:56
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In article <675@uakari.primate.wisc.edu>, bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral) writes: > So how does Sears get away with calling this vacuum cleaner of theirs a VAX? > Isn't that name trademarked or something by Digital? > > Paul DuBois > dubois@primate.wisc.edu "VAX" is a real trademark from ENGLAND. In fact, they had the name long before DIGITAL used it here. "VAX Sucks up spills from anywhere" "VAX - Altogether Britain's best vacuum cleaner" "As seen on T.V." "VAX Appliances Limited, Quillgold House, Kingswood Road, Hampton Lovett, Droitwich, Worch. WR9 0QH." The Advertisment is a real screamer. "This VAX really Cleans" Berkley Shands DECUS VAX SIG Executive Committee Production Systems Working Group Chairman
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!wugate!wucs1!berkley From: berkley@wucs1.wustl.edu (Berkley Shands) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Sears VAX Summary: Its for real Message-ID: <951@wucs1.wustl.edu> Date: 23 Aug 89 12:56:19 GMT References: <675@uakari.primate.wisc.edu> Sender: berkley@wucs1 (Berkley Shands) Organization: Washington University, St. Louis, MO Lines: 20