Conference 7.286::digital

    Art,
    
    I know someone that would be interested in such a group. Could you
    keep me informed as to when and where this group may be meeting. Will
    it communicate via modem? 
    
    Roger
    

This is opinion, not legal advice.

There are many companies with the word 'Digital' in the title. If I
wanted to create a company called "Digital Diaper Service" I doubt there
would be a problem with it. If I started a computer company called
"Digital Electronics Corporation" it may be in a bit of a gray area if
customers began to confuse it with Digital Equipment Corporation.

However, 'DEC' is property of Digital Equipment Corporation thus any name
you come up with would/should avoid the use of the word 'DEC'.

Lee

Here's a name that should do... with no legal worries:



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    	Wish them well for all of us.....

    	Vic 

DECeased????

    DECimated ???
    

    If and when I get laid off I'll go out and look for another job not
    commiserate with others who share my fate. Remember,this is a
    job,nothing more nothing less. If it ever got to the point where I'd
    have to seek out such a "support group" to try and console myself,I'd
    hope someone would check me in to the "funny farm".
    
    Ken

    I agree, Ken.  I'd make a deliberate effort to divorce myself forever
    from DEC, its products, and its people.  There's nothing special about
    DEC anymore...its just another struggling company, poorly led, offering
    routine jobs.

    A support group should be forward-looking and be focused 
    on networking, achieving new goals and providing mutual support and 
    assistance in achieving them.
    
    Many such groups already exist and some are affiliated with local
    church groups.
    
    Of course, there is no reason why a group of ex-DECies could not form
    such a support group and perhaps they may...
    
    Bob

    
    DECumsized

    how about 
    
    
    			Decasualites
    
    
    
    and from the dictionary:
    
    decasualization -  the process eliminating the employment of casual 
                       workers in order to stabilize the workforce.
    
    

    I can see it now. A "support group" of ex Deccies all crying about how
    bad they feel and their woes since losing job instead of getting out
    and actually doing something constructive like trying to find another
    job.  But wait, they all tell each other about this great new job they 
    heard about at BLTZVCK corp. and how great the other one would do at it.




    (snicker - snicker . I went there yesterday and got the job.)

re: .15,

    	There is a similar idea being proposed/discussed in note #300
    of the TOOK::UU conference called "worknet" (Press KP7 to add).
    Also, why limit such a program to ex-DECies?  There is a program
    in place in some 80 different cities across the U.S. known as the
    "Time Dollar" or "Service Credit" program, which allows (primarily
    retirees, but increasingly intergenerational) groups of people to
    network their skills and support each other based loosely on a
    system of exchanging one's time for "Service Credits" which can
    later be "spent" on other services.  For more information, write
    to the following non-profit organization founded by Ralph Nader:

    			   Essential Information
    			      P.O. Box 19405
			  Washington, D.C. 20036

    
    DEX-CESSED!!
    

    I tried to reply earlier, but got the unfamous: "Cannot ...."
    
    By that time I thought "support group" meant ex DEC'ies to
    run some sort of customer support business. E.g RT11, RSTS, MUMPS,...
    "mature technology support", where I believe that there are
    true business opportunities, once you got the sources.
    
    In that case the name becomes REALLY important, also legally,
    (where I don't know anything).
    If I'd do such a business, I'd call it something like:
    "Real Time Support..." 
    The hint: "we are ex-DEC'ies knowing that stuff" is important
    in the startup, but would fade over time and if you are successfull,
    hinder you to pick up other ex-whatsoever "mature" support business that
    starts to pile up on "strategic" junk-yards here and there.
    
    I guess I misunderstood the notion of "support" in the base note,
    but just in case.....
    /fred
    

    DECdrops
    

	Well, it's clear that DEC employees have the skill necessary
	to open a dictionary to the words beginning with "dec":-).

	re .0: As the replies have made abundantly clear, this conference
	is not the place to get useful legal advice. Even if anyone
	had offered any, you'd have to take it with a grain of salt.
	If you want a definitive answer, ask the Legal Department.
	Even if it turns out that there might be grounds for "legal
	hassles", you might be able to get permission anyway.

	Mike

Dexcrement

Martin.

    Considering the mess this company is in, and its incompetent
    management, seems like the employees who stay are the ones who need a
    support group. Those who leave are escaping the zoo.
    
    Katherine
    
    
    
    

	DECNixed

    

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