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From: daugher@cs.tamu.edu (Dr. Walter C. Daugherity)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: new name for NeXT
Keywords: NeXT, name, trademark/copyright
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Date: 5 Oct 90 22:35:57 GMT
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Well, the feedback I'm getting is that NeXT is changing its name to avoid
legal conflict with somebody else named Next.  One story is that it's a 
store in San Francisco, which even has each letter a different color!

I still say "NeXT Computer, Inc." has more cachet for whenever they do go
public.  Maybe if enough people call their brokers we can generate a 
market :-).  Don't forget that when Apple went public most people couldn't
buy shares; they had already been allocated by the underwriters to their
favorite customers.


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