Remember when the term "xerox" was used?

[OutHouse]

i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

 

[Cabages]

I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: Cabages
I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: JohnCU

Originally posted by: Cabages
I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

 

[MrPickins]

One reason you don't hear it as much is that Xerox actively campaigned against the common use of the word. They had to, otherwise they risked losing the trademark (similar to asprin).

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Citrix
today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

Xerox the company really blew it, about 8 years back. My previous company had invested a ton of money into their multicopiers and a centralized document database application. Xerox made a ton of promises of what the setup could do, but it failed. Then the communication between them, their account managers, and us began to fail. When contract renewal came up, instead of helping us with the current implementation that still wasn't completely finished, they tried selling new equipment and new versions of the software. By then their competitors (like Sharp, Toshiba) had moved in with equipment that had more user friendly features and less expensive software. Their tech support completely broke down around the same time.

R.I.P. Xerox.

 

[hunewbie]

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...genericized_trademarks

 

[hunewbie]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...genericized_trademarks

wow. nice. i guess that's the end of this thread...
think anything will spawn from this thread? =P

 

[BoomerD]

Hell, I'm old enough to remember when copies were carbon copies...followed by mimeographs...sometimes I can still smell the mimeograph fluid...

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Cabages
I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Hell, I'm old enough to remember when copies were carbon copies...followed by mimeographs...sometimes I can still smell the mimeograph fluid...

My school still used a ditto machine well into the 90s. :Q They had photocopiers, but for some reason my English teacher loved that ditto machine.

 

[LongCoolMother]

same with kleenex

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Hell, I'm old enough to remember when copies were carbon copies...followed by mimeographs...sometimes I can still smell the mimeograph fluid...

My school still used a ditto machine well into the 90s. :Q They had photocopiers, but for some reason my English teacher loved that ditto machine.

hell yea in elem school every classroom had a ditto machine. the fumes from that fluid was narcotic.

the movie fast times at ridgemont high best illustrates this. heheh

 

[hunewbie]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Hell, I'm old enough to remember when copies were carbon copies...followed by mimeographs...sometimes I can still smell the mimeograph fluid...

my fourth grade teacher called it the ditto machine...?

 

[compuwiz1]

Yeah, I remember the ditto machines. We're gettin old!

 

[Kaido]

I was watching some old George Clooney movie the other day and he was out on a city street and whipped out this HUGE cell phone and started chatting non-chalantly on it like he's the coolest guy in the world. I lol'd

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Xerox the company really blew it...

you can add polaroid and digital to the list.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...genericized_trademarks

:Q

Heroin[8] ? Trademarked by Friedrich Bayer & Co in 1898

 

[waffleironhead]

Originally posted by: Cabages
I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

DITTO!

 

[zzuupp]

I still "dial" phones, "tape" TV shows, and sporadically go to "record" stores.
& yes, "xerox" is still understood.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: Cabages
I heard the term just the other day...

Its still used.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

Q-tip, Kleenex, Frisbee are the first that come to mind...

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: hunewbie

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

i think in the UK, they would say hoover instead of vacuum.

i wonder how many other name brand names were used to replace an item...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...genericized_trademarks

WTH? someone trademarked Lanolin?

reminds me of the guy in Australia a few years back who filed a patent request for the wheel.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Citrix
i watched a 80's tv show and the secretary said "mr, smith here is the xerox you wanted" and i totally forgt that the term xerox was used and it didnt matter if you used a xerox copier or not.

today you never hear that term, i just dont remember it fading away or when....

just my musings nothing to see here move along.

It's still used. I use it once in a while.