On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 3:54 AM, Justin Erenkrantz <jus...@erenkrantz.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It is vexed because when pronounced by many people, it sounds almost > > identical to how those same people would pronounce Mesos. > > > > That can lead to confusion. > > As there has been no trademark confusion raised, I would strongly > prefer that we provide a tremendous amount of deference towards the > desire of the contributors/community to the naming of the project. > Actually, I believe that there has been TM issues raised. Read the Oracle guidelines which, as I remember, specifically call out portmanteaus with Oracle product names. Perhaps we would prevail in a catfight on that subject, but I would really rather stay out of any fight with the big O.
