Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> Microsoft's 'Scout' search app goes underground
Maybe they're hiding it from trademark litigation:
http://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero7/scout/NeroScout_Enu.pdf
Sounds familiar:
[quote]
Synet had already trademarked Internet Explorer as a brand name when
Microsoft came calling, offering 75 thousand dollars for rights to the
name. When they refused Microsoft stole the name anyway, and Synet went
bankrupt fighting the software goliath’s lawyers in court. After filing
for bankruptcy the company was forced to settle for a paltry five
million dollars.
[/quote]
http://thepopulist.wordpress.com/2003/10/
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K.
http://slated.org
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