> > > I will work on xscanimage in the future. In the moment I am working on xxerox,
> > > a new sane-frontend for making photocopies. If I come to the point where I
> >
> > xxerox? Oh man.. watch out for Xerox Corp.'s lawyers. ;)
>
> I already thought about that, but in my dictonary there is written:
>
> xerox = photocopy,
>
> The question is: is "xerox = photocopy" because everybody
> uses it that way because the name is taken from the company,
> or has there been the word "xerox" first
> and the company named itsel "xerox" aterwards?
It is named after the company. They do not seem to be that hard on this as
it means good advertisement.
> I don't know and if there might be a real problem with it,
> I will call id Xphotocopy, but that's too lonk :-( !
How about Xcopy ;-)
Hugo.
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