OT: google as a verb Was: RE: [AccessD] Crosstab in Oracle

Gustav Brock gustav at cactus.dk
Thu May 29 08:21:43 CDT 2003


Hi Mark

>>However, if you google on Oracle SQL crosstab you'll find some hints.

> Just an observation to something I read a few months back...no judgment on
> these statements one way or the other.

> Apparently, Google's lawyers are hard at work trying to maintain "Google" as
> a trademark.  I think the article was discussing the possibility that if
> Google were to become too successful, people would start using Google as a
> verb.  At that point, Google could lose their trademark much like aspirin
> did years ago.

Maybe - or maybe not: Xerox did not.

/gustav



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