[Csv] Excel - trademark...

[Skip Montanaro]

    Andrew> Are we going to get into any trademark poo by calling the
    Andrew> dialect "excel"? Should we call it something else to avoid
    Andrew> problems (sigh)?

I wouldn't worry about it.  Here's a CPAN search for Excel:

    cpan> i /Excel/
    Distribution    I/IS/ISTERIN/XML-Excel-0.02.tar.gz
    Distribution    I/IS/ISTERIN/XML-SAXDriver-Excel-0.06.tar.gz
    Distribution    J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz
    Distribution    K/KW/KWITKNR/DBD-Excel-0.06.tar.gz
    Distribution    K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz
    Distribution    R/RK/RKITOVER/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel_XLHTML-0.02.tar.gz
    Distribution    T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-Simple-1.01.tar.gz
    Distribution    T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromDB-0.09.tar.gz
    Distribution    T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-Simple-0.03.tar.gz
    Module          DBD::Excel      (K/KW/KWITKNR/DBD-Excel-0.06.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::Excel (Contact Author Rachel McGregor Rawlings <rachel at wuxtry.com>)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Dump (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::FmtDefault (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::FmtJapan (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::FmtJapan2 (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::FmtUnicode (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::SaveParser (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Simple (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-Simple-1.01.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel::Utility (K/KW/KWITKNR/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.2602.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::ParseExcel_XLHTML (R/RK/RKITOVER/Spreadsheet-ParseExcel_XLHTML-0.02.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::BIFFwriter (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Big (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Format (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Formula (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromDB-0.09.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB::Oracle (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromDB-0.09.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB::Pg (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromDB-0.09.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB::column_finder (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromDB-0.09.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB::mysql (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromDB-0.09.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::FromDB::sybase (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-FromDB-0.09.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::OLEwriter (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Simple (T/TM/TMTM/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-Simple-0.03.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Utility (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Workbook (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::WorkbookBig (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Worksheet (J/JM/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40.tar.gz)
    Module          Win32::ShellExt::ExcelToClipboard (J/JB/JBNIVOIT/Win32-ShellExt-0.1.zip)
    Module          XML::Excel      (I/IS/ISTERIN/XML-Excel-0.02.tar.gz)
    Module          XML::SAXDriver::Excel (I/IS/ISTERIN/XML-SAXDriver-Excel-0.06.tar.gz)
    41 items found

In short, Microsoft will have a field day with the Perl folks long before
they notice us.

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