[ltp] ThinkPad Mr. Coffee Edition
Pablo Vera
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:52:27 -0600
>> What Lenovo is not saying is that they bought replicator technology
>> from Starfleet Command and combined it with the heating capabilities
>> of the Thinkpads to produce the Mr. Coffee edition :)
>
> I thought they bought the rights to that from Dr. Emmett Brown, after
> he released his Mr. Fusion product on the market...
>
They bought the rights to the name "Mr. Coffee" from Dr. Brown, who also
has the rights to "Mr. Toaster" and "Mr. Blender" (wait a little and
you'll see these new products from Lenovo in coming years), but
replicator technology they got it from Starfleet.