[dba-Tech] Paul Spinks

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 18:19:54 CST 2009


I believe that pivot table with two words is the generic term and
PivotTable one word is the trademark

GK

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Peter Brawley
<peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Wikipedia says he invented the pivot table in 1979. That'd be for Lotus.
> Anybody know how Microsoft acquired a trademark (!) on "Pivot Table"?
>
> PB
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