Re: Who owns Sin, Tan, Expand?

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From: Alan Barclay
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1991 12:30

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In article <0094F905.0B7BEA00.19652@v6550c.nrl.navy.mil> youngdale@v6550c.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
>
>    The two companies reached an agreement that allowed DEC to use the
>    name for computers and the British firm to continue using the name
>    for household appliances.
>
>    Because the VAX vacuum cleaner had not been distributed in the
>    United States, the two firms never clashed.  Until now.
>

Isn't this a little bit USA-centric? Believe it or not, there are DEC VAXes
in the UK.
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