[9fans] Heresy alert

[Winston Kodogo]

I'd vote for spelling it Xerox, on the possibly spurious grounds that
a Chinese colleague of mine pronounced it "ex-rocks" for some time. I
still prefer his pronunciation, and have adopted it myself. The
initial "Z" just doesn't work for me.

[andrew zerger]

In honor of plan9s utf imperitive, and after a little g-translate I think
your Chinese colleague might prefer 倍本 (fu`ben^) .. which .. takes up less
screen space and to most new users would be about as eas to integrate
mentally ;)

Post by Winston Kodogo
I'd vote for spelling it Xerox, on the possibly spurious grounds that
a Chinese colleague of mine pronounced it "ex-rocks" for some time. I
still prefer his pronunciation, and have adopted it myself. The
initial "Z" just doesn't work for me.

[Charles Forsyth]

The curious Z spelling was to avoid using a trademarked word in a generic
sense.

Post by Winston Kodogo
The
initial "Z" just doesn't work for me.

[David Leimbach]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Charles Forsyth

Post by Charles Forsyth
The curious Z spelling was to avoid using a trademarked word in a generic
sense.

But I believe Xerox lost that ability, as their name became a verb in the
common vernacular. At least I believe I heard that in a marketing class I
had in college.

That said, it seems people can and will sue for basically anything. I vote
we call it "Kevin" as a result.

Dave

Post by Charles Forsyth

Post by Winston Kodogo
The
initial "Z" just doesn't work for me.

[andrey mirtchovski]

Xerox seems to have missed losing their trademark [1]. There's a
lawsuit filed about Google's trademarked name in arizona [2]. A list
of genericized trademarks is available at [3].

Ahh, litigation...

1: http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c6a7953ef0134851907f7970c-popup
2: http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/man-launches-lawsuit-to-have-googles-trademark-on-its-own-name-undone/
3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks

[David Leimbach]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 7:50 AM, andrey mirtchovski

Post by andrey mirtchovski
Xerox seems to have missed losing their trademark [1]. There's a
lawsuit filed about Google's trademarked name in arizona [2]. A list
of genericized trademarks is available at [3].
Ahh, litigation...

Ah well, I never bought that argument myself anyway :-). It had something
to do with fair use of things, which honestly, I think we're losing in the
United States.

Dave

[Calvin Morrison]

Post by David Leimbach

Post by Charles Forsyth
The curious Z spelling was to avoid using a trademarked word in a generic
sense.

But I believe Xerox lost that ability, as their name became a verb in the
common vernacular.  At least I believe I heard that in a marketing class I
had in college.
That said, it seems people can and will sue for basically anything.  I vote
we call it "Kevin" as a result.
Dave

Post by Charles Forsyth

Post by Winston Kodogo
The
initial "Z" just doesn't work for me.

It is better to ask forgiveness than permission -

[Stephen Wiley]

Post by Calvin Morrison
It is better to ask forgiveness than permission -

Unless it's from a lawyer! :D

[Wes Kussmaul]

I vote we call it "Kevin" as a result.

Sell the naming rights!