[Am-info] Mindshare works two ways "windows"

[Gene Gaines]

Been reading today's set of "bend over" emails to the list.
Well, I don't "bend over" in that sense for anyone.

Set me to thinking.

Why do I dignify Microsoft my capitalizing the words
"Windows" and "Word"?

I had been using those terms before Microsoft appropriated them
on Apples and early PCs.

I see no validity to the Microsoft claim to hold valid copyrights
on those words.

How about "Money"?  Yeah, Microsoft claims to own that term
when applied to computers.

So.

I am thinking about just saying NO.  I will not again capitalize
the words "windows" or "word" or "money", unless called for by
proper English usage, such as beginning a sentence.

What do you think?

Gene Gaines
gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia