[dba-Tech] Paul Spinks

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Tue Nov 17 19:29:46 CST 2009


Don't ya love Bill Gates!

PB

Gary Kjos wrote:
> I believe that pivot table with two words is the generic term and
> PivotTable one word is the trademark
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> GK
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> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Peter Brawley
> <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
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>> Wikipedia says he invented the pivot table in 1979. That'd be for Lotus.
>> Anybody know how Microsoft acquired a trademark (!) on "Pivot Table"?
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>> PB
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