Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 11th Jun 2003 21:39 UTC
Apple Computer is being sued by The Open Group, the San Francisco company that claims ownership of the Unix trademark, for using the term Unix in conjunction with its Mac OS X operating system without a license. Apple has countersued, asking a judge to declare that the trademark is invalid, because the term Unix has become generic. This legal battle, though separate from SCO's recent claim that Linux uses copyrighted Unix source code, adds further fire to the debate over the custody of Unix--the 30 plus-year old OS originally developed by AT&T.
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"The difference is that you don't see brand-x-cola selling their stuff by saying, "this is a coca-cola..." "
But they do say cola. Coke attempted to claim they had the rights to cola, but failed because all of the drinks used the cola ingredient in their product. (They just didn't use Cocaine.)
So it is Pepsi Cola.
And we are talking about Apple using UNIX in descriptions. Show me an Apple product with UNIX in its name. Please. What product produced by Apple is blankety-blnak UNIX?
And we do see numerous other systems referring to themselves as UNIX-like or UNIX-based without being litigated... Why not? What is OG's stance that justifies a singular action against Apple when it hasn't pursued others for many years?