The java way to typically doing your packaging is reversing the domain name. In many countries, domain names are trademark asset that is often given to the brand that it is associated with. Im pretty sure if someone other than Coka had ownership of cocacola.com.au (im aussie) they would ultimately be forced to give it to Coke without question. As we all know the naming of a dot com/product typically comes after the domain has been acquired. That said one can probably safely say java.lang and co were named to match their trademark java.com. If sun did not get java.com they would have given the language and platform a different name to match. What i am saying is that the packaging is an expression of your trademark not some arbitrary nonsense word.
Microsoft was not able to take their jvm implementation and continue even if they changed the name on the outside of the box. They took the sensible option and completely removed any java as a trademark from their namespaces and started again so it looked completely different. IMHO the name of a product is not only whats on the box its also whats inside. How can it not be java if it quite clearly has java all over it. By using Harmony that is an acknowledgement of its heritage and value which is obviously part of the decision for them choosing this strategy. If someone was today to use com.ibm or weblogic.* do you think they would be getting letters from lawyers ? -- 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.
