wxWindows changes name

[Anand Pillai]

In the news article, it says that the Microsoft made a "polite request".
I dont think that they actually "threatened" Julian and Robin like they
did to that teenage boy. These guys are not teenagers you know :-)

It looks to me more like an agreement worked out between M$ and
Julian/Robin with some apologies from the M$ lawyers pleading
with them how much they need to defend the "Windows" and "Microsoft"
namespaces from being polluted by the big bad world out there. 

They started with Lindows, went to Mike Rowe, now wxWindows,
now "Where do they want to go today" ?

Someone should direct the M$ lawyers to the new M$ ad being showed
on TV everyday these days. At least that will help them to get
"next big ideas" instead of worrying about namespaces.

-Anand

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote in message news:<mailman.57.1077648520.8594.python-list at python.org>...
> "Piet van Oostrum" <piet at cs.uu.nl> wrote in message
> news:wzy8qsfqe6.fsf at ordesa.cs.uu.nl...
> 
> > So what will happen to the X Window system, often referred to as
> XWindows.
> 
> Isn't there a consortium or something, with much more resources ($$$) to
> fight than Julian and Robin have?  Anyway, I have the impression (possibly
> wrong) that WxWindows started out to be compatible with and a clone of and
> was originally named after MS Windows, while the X Window system preceeds
> MSW, so that the cases (and possible court outcomes) are different.
> 
> It is a complement to Julian and Robin that MS noticed them enough to
> threaten and negotiate with them.  Also that they did not just cave but
> negotiated a 6 month transition period and $ for transition costs.
> 
> > And what about the comp.windows.x newsgroup hierarchy?
> 
> Who are they going to sue?
> 
> Terry J. Reedy