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Re: Fwd: OZONE - the name
Falko Braeutigam wrote:
>
> On Wed, 07 Mar 2001, Eric Richardson wrote:
> > Falko Braeutigam wrote:
>
> ozone-db.org is registered by SMB which is a german company. Can a company,
> which doesn't have a trademark "ozone" registered in germany nor does any
> business in germany actually cease our .org domain?
Registering a domain name has little bearing on trademarks etc. You can
go to slashdot etc. and find articles (Harry Potter names) where the US
courts? have made people give up domain names to larger companies. Seems
that time in use and trademarks have priority and even similar names are
confiscated. The org domain name is handled by ICANN or whomever has
authority over top level names.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2667273,00.html
>
> >
> > Is ozone aligned with Software in the Public Interest or with someone
> > who has a legal staff?
>
> What do you mean?
Does SMB have a legal staff that can advise you?
As for the name, ozone is a management system for objects, not data.
Objects have behavior and data. Object systems are called Object
database Management system
(ODBMS) to be similar with RDMS. I suggest the Ozone be called Ozone OMS
for Object Management System or Server and once and for all get rid of
the overused term data. OBMS would be okay too. Data is nothing without
context and nothing without behavior and nothing without ... Sorry about
the rant but I hope people will consider this proposal.
Eric :-)