Re: monopoly namespace

Tupshin Harper <[email protected]> Thu, 02 Oct 2003 22:40:16 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.xwt.widgets
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Adam Megacz wrote:

>Uh, I dunno... w32 obviously stands for windows... I'd really prefer
>if we could pick a name that's not even based on a trademarked term.
>
>  - a
>
Win32 is a Microsoft trademark. W32 is not trademarked at all. It 
appears to me that w32 is the simplest non-infringing, clear way to 
refer to the platform.

FWIW, Linux is a trademarked term. ;-)

-Tupshin