Comments on: Defending O’Reilly http://agylen.com/2006/05/26/defending-oreilly/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:20:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Tim Almond http://agylen.com/2006/05/26/defending-oreilly/#comment-8212 Tim Almond Fri, 26 May 2006 22:38:02 +0000 http://agylen.com/2006/05/26/defending-oreilly/#comment-8212 It doesn't mean anything that they did the first conference. Did the first people to do a mashup conference or a blogging conference get to beat out the rest? The parallels with JavaOne don't really apply, because that's a specific name of a conference (if O'Reilly were suing someone for a conference called the "O'Reilly Webx.yy Conference" then this buzz wouldn't be going on) which could cause confusion. This is about discussion of technology under a particular term, one that Tim O'Reilly has been happy to see fostered for this time in many contexts besides conferences, where JavaOne is just a conference. It doesn’t mean anything that they did the first conference. Did the first people to do a mashup conference or a blogging conference get to beat out the rest?

The parallels with JavaOne don’t really apply, because that’s a specific name of a conference (if O’Reilly were suing someone for a conference called the “O’Reilly Webx.yy Conference” then this buzz wouldn’t be going on) which could cause confusion.

This is about discussion of technology under a particular term, one that Tim O’Reilly has been happy to see fostered for this time in many contexts besides conferences, where JavaOne is just a conference.

]]> By: Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog http://agylen.com/2006/05/26/defending-oreilly/#comment-8208 Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog Fri, 26 May 2006 21:49:27 +0000 http://agylen.com/2006/05/26/defending-oreilly/#comment-8208 <strong>The Web 2.0 Trademark Debacle</strong> There has been a bit of controversy over O'Reilly's "Web 2.0" service mark cease-and-desist letter and... The Web 2.0 Trademark Debacle

There has been a bit of controversy over O’Reilly’s “Web 2.0″ service mark cease-and-desist letter and…

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