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View Poll Results: So what to do with the "vehicle formally known as GT"
Race at LeMans, the badge is worth the money 9 21.95%
Shut FPV and make the GT an XR8 and the F6 an XR6T 2 4.88%
FPV F8, F8-P, F8-E etc. 9 21.95%
FPV TE50 (it is after all, 5 litre again) 1 2.44%
FPV Sprint 4 9.76%
FPV Superbird 4 9.76%
FPV Cobra 2 4.88%
FPV ESP 2 4.88%
FPV XR8, XR6T, XR8E & XR6ET 2 4.88%
Something else...... 6 14.63%
Voters: 41. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-09-2010, 06:27 PM   #31
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Since Micro$oft try to patent the 386 and 486 processor to stop "others" from selling their processors with the same name, MS was told that you cannot patent a number...
I doubt also that you can patent a few letters which could stand for anything...
Unless of course the french can prove that they were the first to use the letter T after G before anyone else!

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that's why the next MS processor was not the 586, but the pentium, to try to alleviate this copyright issue from all the copycat manufacturers ...
You mean Intel?
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Old 10-09-2010, 07:09 PM   #32
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You mean Intel?
I think so, and it isn't just Windows that use Intel processors these days.
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Old 10-09-2010, 07:13 PM   #33
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You mean Intel?
Intel and Micro$oft have been secret friends for years. That's why when you install VirtualPC, all the virtual hardware is Intel gear.

But I digress. In all seriousness, I bet if Ford put their mind to it they could get some corporate sponsorship and enter the Le Mans with a GT.
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What if Family Planning Victoria mounting a challenge for sole ownership of the FPV abbreviation?????

www.fpv.org.au/

You might need to amend your choices flappist.
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Old 10-09-2010, 10:01 PM   #35
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What if Family Planning Victoria mounting a challenge for sole ownership of the FPV abbreviation?????

www.fpv.org.au/

You might need to amend your choices flappist.
FPV is a strong company so "Family Planning Victoria" better have some good protection or else they won't see what's coming!

yes, guys, I did mean Intel, not MS... I should know better...
I'm going outside to my car to put an "Idiot Inside" sticker on it now ...
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