Thursday, August 17, 2006

Just Google it....

Google says no to Googling on MSN or Yahoo. Google is a trademark identifying the search technology and services of Google Technologies Inc. Google and Googling is not a generic term meaning to search for information on the Web. Sorry folks, you can't say "Log onto MSN search and Google it." This is kinda silly but all companies try to protect their trademarks. Microsoft has trademarked Windows, so even though Linux has a Windowing system, you must refer to it as X, X Window System, X Version 11, X Window System, Version 11, or X11. Because X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc. it's off limits to Microsoft. Now can I legally call my Linux computer running X Window System my Xbox? Oh well, it's mine and I'll call it whatever I want.