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Subject:Re: Plug & Play? From:Matt Ion <mion -at- DIRECT -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 28 Jul 1995 20:55:41 PDT
On Wed, 26 Jul 1995 09:30:00 -0400 you wrote:
>Form: Memo
>Text: (8 lines follow)
Been editing your mail in a word processor? =)
>The term Plug and Play is gaining popularity these days. I need to use it in
>a document but am not sure if it is:
> Plug & Play
> Plug-n-Play,
> Plug and Play
>or Plug N' Play.
I don't think there is any official way to spell it. I prefer Plug-n-Play
myself (no specific reason, except maybe that it's easily shortened to PnP :)
>Also, is it a trademark of Intel or Microsoft?
No (although I'm sure Microtheft would love to own the term - they seem to try
to turn everything they can into their own trademark). AFAIK, nobody "owns"
the term.
>Use Proportional Font: true
If you insist! =)
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