Gerard Cunningham wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-06-27 at 16:09 +0100, Paul Murray wrote:
>>>>>You also have to consider that ubuntu is a word, and was a valid word before
>>it was used to name a linux distribution, just by using it to name a
>>distribution doesn't give that linux distribution automatic copyright to the
>>word. Thats why .ie's are given out on a first come first served basis, as
>>is the policy of most nics.
>>>>A made up word such as "google" has a totally different ruleset, and clearly
>>should have, but regular language words can't be reserved for exclusive use
>>by any one group, and shouldnt!
>>>> For the record, google was a word before the search engine came along.
> I remember learning it one Christmas when I was about eight, courtesy of
> the Guinness Book of Records.
Would that have been "googol", 10^100? The made-up word "google" may
have been "inspired" by googol, but it's not the same word.
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