I don't have any comments on the letter, but another thought did come to
me...I wonder how many employees at JD Edwards actually use JDE in their
everyday work ;)
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Collins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Response Draft 2
I think this draft is much better and I would agree with the the other
comments posted on the additional minor changes. I would like to strongly
support the suggestion that this letter needs to go not just to the
lawyer(s), but to the CEO, CIO, and CTO of JDEdwards. You are appealling to
the company to do the right thing rather than just what they might be able
to legally get away with. Lawyers are not trained to process this input.
The CEO, CIO, and CTO are likely to care more about how the company comes
across to the development community (many of us are or may be in the
position of recommending purchase or not of JD Edwards products in the
future). You are appealling to THIER sense of good corporate citizenship.
They need to see the letter and call off the attack lawyers. To this end, I
would send copies to all of them. I'll include contact information in a
private e-mail.
"Paul Kinnucan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> Here is an extensively revised draft of my response to J.D. Edwards that
> incorporates many of your excellent suggetions.
>
> I cannot tell you how much I appreciate and rely on your advice and
> expressions of support.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
> ===============================================
>
> July 20, 2001
>
> Mr. Mark Reinhardt
> Associate General Counsel
> J.D. Edwards World Solutions Company
> One Technology Way
> Denver, Colorado 80237
>
> Dear Sir:
>
> This is in response to your letter dated July 11, 2001. I have been using
> the acronym JDE to refer to the Java Development Environment for Emacs on
> my web site and elsewhere since 1997. I use the acronym simply as
shorthand
> for my software package's formal name. I have no intention of competing
> with any product or service of J.D. Edwards or creating the impression
that
> I am in any way associated with J.D. Edwards.
>
> In the four-and-half years that I have used JDE, I have received thousands
> of communications regarding my package. Yours is the first to mention J.D.
> Edwards. This plus the facts that J.D. Edwards let its registration of
JDE
> with the U.S. Patent Office expire in 1998 and that it has not attempted
> unto now to contact me regarding my use of JDE constitute prima facie
> evidence that my use of JDE has not, in fact, created any confusion or
harm
> to J.D. Edwards.
>
> On the other hand, the acronym JDE has become synonymous over the last
> four-and-a-half years with the Java Development Environment for Emacs in
> the Emacs and Open Source software communities where I and my package are
> well known. Complying with your demand to cease using the acronym on my
web
> site and elsewhere would create confusion in these communities and would
> cost me time that I can ill afford as a private individual who receives no
> monetary benefit from the Java Development Environment for Emacs.
>
> I therefore respectfully request that you not contest my right to use the
> acronym JDE further. By so doing, J.D. Edwards would show the Emacs and
> Open Source communities that J.D. Edwards is a good corporate citizen. An
> examination of my web page should convince J.D. Edwards that my usage of
> this acronym in no way creates the impression that I am in any way
> associated with J.D. Edwards or that I am offering any software or service
> that competes with a J.D. Edwards offering. However, I would be willing to
> include an explicit disclaimer of any association with J.D. Edwards on my
> web page.
>
> I will be away on vacation next week and will not be able to respond to
> J.D. Edwards' response to this letter until the following week.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Paul Kinnucan
>
