On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:56 AM, zapcat wrote: > > On Jan 28, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote: > >> Maybe like 'iPhone' where they settled outside court with Cisco Systems. > > your referring to the origin of those names? > > important to note that before Jobs unveiled the iMac, there was no i-anything... * Not quite. Bolt Beranek Newman (BBN) of Boston wrote a program called iMail in about 197? -- I think it was the first email program on the new ARPA net. My address (at SRI) was imailjones. Cheers! earle * ________________________ Earle Jones 501 Portola Road #8008 Portola Valley CA 94028 Home: 650-424-4362 Cell: 650-269-0035 earle.jones at comcast.net