Ah. I was misinformed. Shame to hear this was borked up like this. Thanks for the info.
On Sep 20, 8:51 am, kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > > Ah, but, if they went after any old thing with 'java' in the name, > > they would be. As I understand it, Sun pretty much went to JavaPolis, > > told them that all they had to do was sign a document that hardly > > limited them, > > I wish it had of been that easy for Javapolis. Without getting into > details all I can say it that it wasn't. After two years of > negotiations, no one, Sun nor Devoxx are happy that its ended this way. > > > However, javapolis didn't take the deal, probably because they were > > already considering a rename. That's all. > > Not true. They had not intention of abandoning a well branded name that > fits very will with what they are doing? Fact is, they quickly changed > from javoxx to devoox because they weren't interested in another > protracted round of negotiations. > > JavaZone on the other hand, has much fewer aspirations than Javapolis > did. It is my understanding that the agreement has now been inked. > > Regards, > Kirk --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
