On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 19:46, Allen Wittenauer <a...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Jun 14, 2011, at 6:45 PM, Eli Collins wrote: >> Are we really going to go after all the web companies that patch in an >> enhancement to their current Hadoop build and tell them to stop saying >> that they are using Hadoop? You've patched Hadoop many times, should >> your employer not be able to say they use Hadoop? I'm -1 on a >> proposal that does this. > > I think there is a big difference between some company that uses > Hadoop with some patches internally and a company that puts out a > distribution for others to use, usually for-profit.
Just as the reminder: this whole conversation has started as a result of EMC announcement of 100% compatible version of Apache Hadoop. So, Allen's point is right on target here: the above example is simply incorrect. Cos
