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Article #26089Re: Use of "-land" :^)
From: Paul A. Sand
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1988 02:01
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1988 02:01
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In article <8595@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU>, merchant@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Peter Merchant) writes: > Actually, the way I heard it, Computerland was sueing Businessland for the use > of "land" at the end of their name. The judge through the case out, > commenting "Who are you going to sue next? Disneyland?" True, too true. Here's another you may not have heard: the first few ComputerLands were called "Computer Shacks." (Check some old back issues of BYTE, around '77.) But--guess who--Tandy put its lawyers on the phone, and within the blink of an eye, ComputerLand was born instead. Oh, and this shouldn't be in this newsgroup. Or anywhere, probably. Sorry. -- -- Paul A. Sand | Eliot's Disclaimer: -- University of New Hampshire | That is not what I meant at all. -- UUCP: uunet!unh!xxx612 | That is not it, at all. -- Internet: unh!xxx612@uunet.uu.net |
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!unh!xxx612 From: xxx612@unh.UUCP (Paul A. Sand) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Use of "-land" :^) Message-ID: <363@unh.UUCP> Date: 10 Apr 88 02:01:01 GMT References: <24@imspw6.UUCP> <1017@nusdhub.UUCP> <1833@homxc.UUCP> <8595@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> Organization: University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Lines: 19