You know what? That sounds good. Then they can't be worried about people
being confused between the two.
And then something on the Fusebox.org site should show it as a
"community-based programming methodology developed by the ColdFusion
community." Have that be somewhat prominent, and only total idiots will be
confused .. and they would be anyway.
Judith
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From: Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Fusebox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: Fusebox.org BAD NEWS.... READ THIS
> What about offering them a big link at the top of fusebox.org, saying
something like:
> "If you are looking for fusebox.com, the web's best graphics firm and web
firm, click here"
>
> Steve Nelson wrote:
>
> > Everyone, listen up... we've got an issue at hand with Fusebox.org that
> > I do not know how to handle, so I am asking for everyone's wisdom.
> >
> > I just received a rather negative call from Fusebox.COM (note the .com)
> > saying that we as fusebox.org are stepping on their brand name. Here
> > are their issues:
> >
> > 1. They are a web development consulting company, they do everything
> > from graphics to programming (including CF)
> > 2. They have owned the trademark to "Fusebox" since 1995
> > 3. They are about to go on a big marketing push and are concerned that
> > people will confuse fusebox.com with .org
> > 4. They claim to have a development methodology for building web sites.
> > http://www.fusebox.com/fb_pages1/main2.cfm?s=services&c=services
> > (note, they have left out testing) ;)
> >
> > I responded with these points:
> >
> > 1. We are a free organization that anyone can belong to, and have been
> > around since 1998
> > 2. We do not directly make any money. Everything is donated. Thus we
> > couldn't directly take money away from them
> > 3. We did not put up fusebox.org to try and draw people away from
> > fusebox.com, that has never
> > been our intention and never will be
> > 4. We have over 1800 people that are active users in our process, many
> > of which whom have built
> > their business plans around these ideas, changing the name would
> > directly affect those companies.
> >
> > Nothing has been resolved yet, I would like to hear as many people's
> > opinions and suggestions on this as possible. All I know is that I'm
> > ready and willing to fight this all the way to the end.
> >
> > Why? Because of this quote I just got through ICQ WHILE i was writing
> > this email (no kidding)
> >
> > "Just have to tell you that Fusebox is making my life so much easier.
> > Just finished a small project in 8 hours. Something that would have
> > taken me 20 - 30 hours 2 months ago." - Michael Slatoff
> >
> > Let's talk about this, and see if we can come up with something to offer
> > them.
> >
> > Steve Nelson
> > http://www.SecretAgents.com
> > Tools for Fusebox Developers
>
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