May 27 2006
People Are Idiots…
Dear God are people stupid. There is too much crap about this online as it is, so my thoughts are brief:
- US Trademarks don’t apply outside of the US. They have to be registered in other places, like Ireland and Europe. Stupid Americans.
- I really doubt Tim O’Reilly was directly involved. This is a PR mess, I doubt the guy who founded the company runs the PR Dept
- Idiots who voe to stop buying O’Reilly books are clueless. This is a simply a PR mess, they still publish good tech books by knowledgeable authors. They just need better PR people
- Enough about Web 2.0 already, who gives a damn, it’s just a buzz word.
People really are stupid. All of them, as far as I can see
And to be fair to O’Reilly, according to their letters, they have applied for the trademark in Europe. Which, last I checked, covered Ireland. Stupid Americans maybe, but that doesn’t mean the Irish are any smarter
I admit I didn’t go look up if “Web 2.0″ has been trademarked in Europe.
But there are still lots of idiots referring to the US one on this matter.
Just did a search on ohim (Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market), a community trademark application for “Web 2.0″ was submitted 21/3/06, application no. 004972212. No opposition has been entered as of yet.
That would be Noirin’s point then.
Still doesn’t explain the muppets who are vowing to boycott O’Reilly products…