Comments on: Paranoia XP – The Only Real Name for the New Version http://games-blog.pairodicegames.com/gaming-news/paranoia-xp-the-only-real-name-for-the-new-version Game Reviews, House Rules, Strategy, Game Design, and more! Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scott http://games-blog.pairodicegames.com/gaming-news/paranoia-xp-the-only-real-name-for-the-new-version/comment-page-1#comment-1485 Scott Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:45:31 +0000 http://games-blog.pairodicegames.com/game-articles/paranoia-xp-the-only-real-name-for-the-new-version#comment-1485 Isn't that one of the thirty-six flavors of Vista? Oh, I thought they were targeting more demographics now... Heh, I had forgotten this story and the move to remove the "XP"; did Microsoft think that an RPG using XP in its name was actually infringing their trademark? Never mind the concept that "Windows" itself should be beyond the reach of trademark protection since it's the name of a generic, everyday household item. Sigh. Isn’t that one of the thirty-six flavors of Vista? Oh, I thought they were targeting more demographics now…

Heh, I had forgotten this story and the move to remove the “XP”; did Microsoft think that an RPG using XP in its name was actually infringing their trademark?

Never mind the concept that “Windows” itself should be beyond the reach of trademark protection since it’s the name of a generic, everyday household item. Sigh.

]]> By: jackie http://games-blog.pairodicegames.com/gaming-news/paranoia-xp-the-only-real-name-for-the-new-version/comment-page-1#comment-1479 jackie Fri, 30 May 2008 03:56:46 +0000 http://games-blog.pairodicegames.com/game-articles/paranoia-xp-the-only-real-name-for-the-new-version#comment-1479 funny, i remember from one of my art history classes a guilded page (basically a very fancy illustrated page in a religious text from the 12-15th century) with the big letters XP which stood for jesus christ's name. its quite silly to think that microsoft would get their panties in a bunch over the use of two letters, especially since now all i will think about is windows jesus christ edition. funny, i remember from one of my art history classes a guilded page (basically a very fancy illustrated page in a religious text from the 12-15th century) with the big letters XP which stood for jesus christ’s name. its quite silly to think that microsoft would get their panties in a bunch over the use of two letters, especially since now all i will think about is windows jesus christ edition.

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