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Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:06:07 -0700
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From: Frank McConnell To: "Multiple recipients of list cpsr-history@cpsr.org" Subject: CM> Wayne Green, Byte, Kilobyte, and Kilobaud
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Sender: Frank McConnell Subject: Re: CM> Wayne Green, Byte, Kilobyte, and Kilobaud
John Oliver asked about the beginnings of Kilobaud.
I wasn't there, but below is the story I recall being told (copied from an
article I posted to alt.folklore.computers a couple of weeks ago).
Corrections would of course be welcome.
Keith Morgan - Imonics Corporation wrote:
>[...] aax@ix.netcom.com(ANDREW GRYGUS ) writes:
>> If I recall correctly, it was originally named "Kilobyte", the result
>> of a bitter divorce in which the "other half" kept Byte magazine.
>> Cooler heads prevailed and the name was changed.
>
>Nope, both Byte & Kilobyte were in publication at the same time. The name was
>changed after Byte's lawyers started threatening trademark violation lawsuits,
>saying Kilobyte was a bit too close to Byte.
As I recall, the story went something like this: Wayne Green started
Byte, but arranged that his wife Virginia owned it in order to
reduce the tax liability. They divorced; she kept the magazine and
seemed to be making a go of it. Wayne was not happy about this, and
started soliciting for his new magazine "Kilobyte". Byte ran a filler
comic with this title to establish the name as their trademark.
(The comic appeared as Kil O'Byte in the table of contents but had the
title KILOBYTE(TM), started in the October 1976 issue on page 106, and
continued into at least the first two issues of 1977 -- it was a
pun-filled Star Trek parody, among other things, and I simply don't
have the stomach to look further.) And when Wayne's new magazine
appeared, it was with the title "Kilobaud" and cover date January
1977.
-Frank McConnell
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Sender: Frank McConnell Subject: Re: CM> Wayne Green, Byte, Kilobyte, and Kilobaud
John Oliver asked about the beginnings of Kilobaud.
I wasn't there, but below is the story I recall being told (copied from an
article I posted to alt.folklore.computers a couple of weeks ago).
Corrections would of course be welcome.
Keith Morgan - Imonics Corporation wrote:
>[...] aax@ix.netcom.com(ANDREW GRYGUS ) writes:
>> If I recall correctly, it was originally named "Kilobyte", the result
>> of a bitter divorce in which the "other half" kept Byte magazine.
>> Cooler heads prevailed and the name was changed.
>
>Nope, both Byte & Kilobyte were in publication at the same time. The name was
>changed after Byte's lawyers started threatening trademark violation lawsuits,
>saying Kilobyte was a bit too close to Byte.
As I recall, the story went something like this: Wayne Green started
Byte, but arranged that his wife Virginia owned it in order to
reduce the tax liability. They divorced; she kept the magazine and
seemed to be making a go of it. Wayne was not happy about this, and
started soliciting for his new magazine "Kilobyte". Byte ran a filler
comic with this title to establish the name as their trademark.
(The comic appeared as Kil O'Byte in the table of contents but had the
title KILOBYTE(TM), started in the October 1976 issue on page 106, and
continued into at least the first two issues of 1977 -- it was a
pun-filled Star Trek parody, among other things, and I simply don't
have the stomach to look further.) And when Wayne's new magazine
appeared, it was with the title "Kilobaud" and cover date January
1977.
-Frank McConnell
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