"Jeffrey W. Baker" wrote:
> You forgot the part about suing legitimate domain name holders, harrassing
> artists with little or no income, and trying to extend USA jurisdiction to
> the internet.
>
> While I'm sure the engineering department had no part in such things, I
> believe the readers of this list acare deeply about corporate culture and
> freedom on the Internet.
Well, thank you for at least that last part. You're right, the
engineering department here (yes, I work at eToys) had nothing to do
with it. We are nice people doing fun work with mod_perl and other open
source software.
That whole thing was resolved quite a while ago, and ended with etoy.com
getting their domain back and eToys paying their legal fees. This
company has nothing against artists and is not an evil faceless
corporation; just a bunch of people running a big toy store.
I like Slashdot too, but don't believe everything you read there. They
sometimes skew the facts a bit in their eagerness for good stories.
- Perrin
