Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:59:23 -0800 | From | Stephen Satchell <> | Subject | Re: Never ever use word BitKeeper if Larry does not like you |
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At 08:37 AM 3/14/03 -0800, Larry McVoy wrote: >That's the whole point. If we sit back and let people think that he has >something remotely similar to BK, it devalues BitKeeper in the mind of >those people. Since this is a very complex system with lots of subtle >features, people easily get confused. What Pavel has doesn't approach >the functionality of CVS, let alone BitKeeper, yet he is describing it >as a BitKeeper clone. If we allow that, we're just shooting our brand >name dead.
That's not a trademark issue. You are claiming false advertising. Different issue, and one I don't want to touch.
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