Man, I must be loosing my mind ... down to too few brain cells I guess.
Butthead Astronomer was a project that was originally named after a real
astronomer (Sagan) until he objected and threatened a lawsuit. Oddly enough
he then sued over the new name.
Sosumi was indeed a 'thumbed nose' at the Apple Core (of Beatles fame) suit
over the similar name once audio capabilities were added to the Mac.
Strange - guess its time to quit these 20 hour days !!
Night night all !
Paul Nuernberger
> From: Paul Nuernberger <newton_at_thenuernbergers.com>
>
> IIRC it was the response to the threatened lawsuit resulting from the
> disapproval over naming a project Butthead Astronomer - So Sue Me (sosumi).
>
> Paul Nuernberger
>
>
>> From: Jon Glass <jonglass_at_mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton Cadillac
>>
>>
>> on 4/12/02 5:01 AM, Paul Nuernberger at newton_at_thenuernbergers.com wrote:
>>
>>> Takes me back to the heady days of 'Butthead Astronomer' & 'Sosumi'.
>>
>> What's so funny about Sosumi? Am I missing something here? (BH astronomer, I
>> know, but not Sosumi...)
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