Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!oliveb!pyramid!voder!apple!johan From: johan@apple.UUCP (Johan Strandberg) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: [Nn][Ee][Ww][Ss] Message-ID: <819@apple.UUCP> Date: Sat, 23-May-87 00:03:30 EDT Article-I.D.: apple.819 Posted: Sat May 23 00:03:30 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 23-May-87 19:09:01 EDT References: <2168@hoptoad.uucp> Reply-To: johan@apple.UUCP (Johan Strandberg) Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 17 Keywords: overloading registration kitsch In article <2168@hoptoad.uucp> rdm@hoptoad.uucp (Rich Morin) writes: >CFCL has set up the [Nn][Ee][Ww][Ss] registration service. Anyone wishing to >register their use of a [Nn][Ee][Ww][Ss] permutation can now send in the >economical fee of $25K, and have CFCL's assurance that NO OTHER PARTY will be >allowed to register a conflicting one. > >In the future, CFCL will be exploring the registration of other names, as part >of its Name Registration OFFicialization (NROFF) program. Yours for a more >orderly name space... >-- >Richard Morin, proprietor {hoptoad,leadsv,lll-lcc}!cfcl!rdm Rich, I hope you meant to say "NROff" since the name "NROFF" is trademarked and registerd with the "NrOff" service, for an as yet unconceived A/UX product. :-) Johan