-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Clarke) writes: <snip>
> We didn't copyright "Karma", we trademarked it - note that trademarks only > prevent other similar companies using it in the same way we do, in ways that > might mislead people. KARMA is short for the phrase "Key Accessed Redundant > Memory Architecture" which is a perfect description of one of the products we > have been working on. Come on... stop blowing smoke. :) This is a typical marketing ploy. Come up with an acronym that is also a word... AKA KARMA, SOAP, etc, etc. MS had an acronym a few years ago... (I can't remember what it stood for). The regular version was SHIT but the changed it to SHHIITP or something (because it was offensive). I realize you are not going to change the name but at least acknowledge that some may find it offensive (AKA the Apache.org policy on the word "Apache"). Karma is a very difficult concept to understand and to even appreciate. Most buddhists spend their entire lives trying to wrap their brain around it. Naming a product after this, while good for you company, doesn't do anything to honor the concept :(. Kevin - -- Need a good Engineer? Hire me! ( Java | P2P | XML | Linux | Open Source ) Kevin A. Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Location: San Francisco, CA Cell: 415-595-9965 URL: http://relativity.yi.org We gave the Linux community more than Stallman with his libraries. Our work helps Linux so much more than a few lines of code. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2779682,00.html - -- Ransome Love (CEO of Caldera) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Get my public key at: http://relativity.yi.org/pgpkey.txt iD8DBQE7zfQxAwM6xb2dfE0RAgiQAKDJpBayCP5GklsHPhnrLAUCYolbjwCgr3qq FSo1eROMuCBtILN8izW8iI4= =Yk9J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Chat mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/chat
