On 12/10/05, Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think because a few places in the world have something called "Open > Office" that sells furniture or business real estate that we can't use that > name. Many companies use names in some countries that they can't in > others. Look at Gmail - in the UK it has to be called Google Mail because > Gmail was already taken. I'd say we can drop the .org in those countries > (which seem to be the vast majority) where the name "Open Office" isn't > already taken. In those countries where it is, we officially keep the .org, > or, again, just add "Suite" - something like that - something that *isn't* > taken.
Unfortunately one of the countries where the name is already taken is Germany. So you should understand why it hasn't been dropped. > > Since when can you only have one company named something in a whole country > anyway. I mean, how many "Bob's Barbershops" are there in the US? Or > "Steve's Shoes" in the UK? Does it have to do with the website, because > we're not going to change the website to openoffice.com or openoffice.eu or > openoffice.il - it's going to stay .org so were' not looking to hijack > somebody's existing website. There is no need for a Ficticious Business Name license in the US if the business is "Your Name" and "What it does". Just for knowledge. That said I've always liked the idea of calling it OpenOffice. The one thing we have to determine is if it is more work to work around the name in the countries where it is already taken by adding the .org or is it harder to correct people when they don't add the .org. -- Adam Moore Founding Member http://www.opendocumentfellowship.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
