On Wednesday 20 October 2004 02:06 am, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 23:53, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > I use Firefox as my preferred browser and MEPIS as my preferred LiveCD
> > distribution. Of course, I don't really use LiveCDs much, and Debian
> > Testing is what I use for "permanent" installs. I agree, though -- both
> > Firefox and MEPIS are excellent products and well worth supporting.
>
> Since someone else opened the door ... I figured I'd tell my view ...
Good writeup!
> Fedora was just the fallout of what RHL has always been, with a few
> caveats. The biggest one for the name change was the trademark issue
> that is _not_ Red Hat's fault. No other company has let their name be
> copied over and over with no strings attached, and it became an issue
> where the USPTO could declare the name "Red Hat" as "public domain."
Of course it is their own fault, for not understanding what they did.
Stupidity on a subject is usually not much of an acceptable legal defense.
They were ignorant, much like Xerox was, about not defending their name.
Not that I in any way think they got what they deserved or anything, but they
are the ones responsible for their business.
--Steve Szmidt
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