I've sounded out one of my lawyer neighbors about this, and have identified
several lawyers who might be able to help, although not necessarily within
the 15-day time-frame, and not necessarily for free.
The bottom line is that this is a battle which could probably be won. The
question is, is the battle worth fighting? I thought so this morning, but
am less sure now.
I like the name EmacsJDE as well.
- Jonathan
At 08:08 PM 7/16/01, Jim LoVerde wrote:
>Except the same argument with regard to J2EE and JDEE can be made about
>EJB and EJE. All and all, I think that EmacsJDE would be the best
>choice (assuming it wouldn't be objected to by JD Edwards). Here's why:
>
>1. It would allow searched for JDE to potentially turn up EmacsJDE as
>well (especially when searching for JDE and JAVA).
>2. It incorporates the name of a FSF product, which might give it some
>implicit trademark protection, although I still think trademarking might
>not be a bad idea. Does anyone know what if any trademarks they own?
>3. It makes it clear that it is tightly coupled to emacs, which is
>potentially a double edged sword with regard to attracting interest, but
>is true none the less.
>4. The emacsjde.org, .com, .net, are all currently available (so is
>jdee.org, but jdee.com is taken right now)
>
>The only thing I don't like about it is that it's slightly verbose.
>However, I would not be surprised if developers still referred to it as
>JDE within programming circles (hence my questioning of whether JD
>Edwards would be ok with this).
>
>
>Alan Hadsell wrote:
>
> > I vote for EJE (Emacs Java Environment). Easy to remember, can't be
> > confused with JDE. The current claimants for this acronym are:
> >
> > European Journal of Endocrinology
> > The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
> > The EJE Group (Environmental Design and Planning,
> > Newcastle NSW, Australia) http://www.eje.com.au
> > Errington John Enterprises Ltd.
> >
> > And I DON'T think that harassing JDEdwards about it is going to do
> > any good. They do have the domain name jde.com, and they've had it
> > since 1998 (although jdedwards.com seems to be their main domain
> > name).
> >
> > Let's just change the name and get on with our lives. Don't we have
> > better things to do?
> >
> > --
> > Alan Hadsell
> > "Whatever does not kill me makes me stranger".
>
>
>
>
>--
>****************************************************
>Jim LoVerde, Sr. Technical Architect
>nVISIA, http://www.nvisia.com
>voice: 312-985-8178 pager: 800-862-0399 #17086723
>fax: 312-985-8101 epage: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
