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Article #1414Re: Microsoft and obsolescence
From: Aaron M. Renn
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 00:00
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Joe Buck wrote: > >Webster's Ninth Collegiate: > > Bah. As a non-American, you can't be expected to know what your dictionary > seller didn't tell you: the name "Webster's" passed into the public domain. > I have no idea who puts out "Webster's Ninth Collegiate" but it's not > a particularly respected source or they wouldn't call it that. Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary is a Merriam-Webster dictionary. (I think there is at least a Tenth out by now though). This is their best selling abridged dictionary. Also known to most folks in the US as _the_ dictionary. I've never seen anyone sell a dictionary that both used the name "Collegiate Dictionary". You are quite correct that the term Webster's is not a trademarked term and can be used by anyone. -- Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/
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