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This is taking the FOO thing too far

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Update:

I — along with many other people — was hoping O’Reilly would respond to this whole Web 2.0 thing (see my previous post) by saying it was all CMP’s idea, or some lawyer’s overreaction, but it would appear that ... Continue reading »

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  • Mark Evans

    3 years ago

    mathew,
    maybe o'reillly got advice about whether or not to patent web 2.0 from the same people who thought the vonage IPO was a good investment...:) bad move, tim, bad move.
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  • dahowlett

    3 years ago

    This debacle illustrates everything the non-US world hates about America. And in so doing, Ms Wenge (who surely must qualify for opt ranking on Wankr.com) has reinforced the cynics who would say the 'open' nature of current social computing is nothing other than a marketing sham.
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  • Chris Messina

    3 years ago

    Hmm. Maybe Web 2.0 should be treated as a Community Mark.
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  • Mathew Ingram

    3 years ago

    I agree, Dennis. And Chris, I think that's a terrific idea -- I hope Tim decides to do something like that. He seems like a standup guy, so let's keep our fingers crossed.

    Mathew
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