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From: amhartma@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Andy Hartman - AmigaMan)
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Subject: Re: Info on new low-end Mac
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Date: 17 Jul 90 21:48:21 GMT
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In article <46200101@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> ragg0270@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

>Since we all seem interested in keeping up with the competition:
>Here's the scoop on the new low-end Mac (from McWeek mag.)
>(This is from memory, so I may be off on a slight detail)
>
>Name: Mac Classic    (Apple paid $1M for the rights to the name)

To whom did they pay $1M to?  McDonalds?

When one registers a name (like Mac Classic or anything else) do they have to
pay someone to keep the rights to the name?

AMH



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