Re: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

[Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net>]

Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 08:57:18AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
>
> > Steve Lamb wrote:
> >
> > > Hans du Plooy wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > Calling someone a weasel has never been a compliment
> > >
> > >
> > >   *covers his ferrets eyes*  Hey, there's children present!  Sheesh, some
> > > people.
> >
> > I enjoyed that post.
> >
> > Well, how about "Web Ferret"? "Ferret", AFAIK, only has neutral
> > connotations, and in this context, perhaps good ones (nosing around
> > for information).
> >
> > OTOH, why use a fancy name at all? How about "Debian Web Browser"?
> >
> > ISTM that the purpose of such fancy names has always been to
> > build brand recognition and brand loyalty. Why do you feel the
> > need to have such in a non-commercial product?
>
>
> The purpose of a name is to be a unique identifier. In computing, it
> is very convenient to have unique identifiers that have no embedded

I've been a professional software developer since 1980 or so. I've
known about "identifiers" since 1984 or so, when I wrote my first
assembler (for the Z80). We are discussing trademarked NAMES.

Mike
--
p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
This message made from 100% recycled bits.
You have found the bank of Larn.
I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!