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Rendezvous Renamed to OpenTalk

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the legal-chest-thumping dept.

Gogo Dodo writes "Back in August, Slashdot covered Tibco suing Apple over the Rendezvous trademark. AppleInsider now reports that the lawsuit has been settled and Rendezvous' new name will be OpenTalk." Meanwhile Zeroconf sits in the corner and cries.

14 of 280 comments (clear)

  1. Let me get this straight: by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny
    I got this tattoo for nothing?

    Okay, this time I mean it: No more product-based body modification.

  2. now by TexasDex · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cue "Lindevous" jokes.

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  3. Bad Choice by Johnny+Mozzarella · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds too much like AppleTalk.
    I can hear the IT folks gripping.

    1. Re:Bad Choice by BurritoWarrior · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can hear the IT folks gripping.

      Yeah, well it's hard for us to find girls.

  4. Slashdot has been taken over by Apple! by Al+Dimond · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our translucent overlords.

  5. Re:More lawsuits to come by Orgazmus · · Score: 4, Funny

    bahagha! pnline isnt a real word! PWND!!

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  6. terrible name... by rizzo420 · · Score: 4, Funny

    they should've named it iTalk to go along with all the other apple names.

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  7. Re:OpenTalk? by McCall · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the FSF or someone in that league should try to trademark Open* names and reserve them for Open programs?

    You idiot, Rendezvous is open

    But then again, I don't expect somone with a UID as high as 761208 to know that...
  8. Re:Apple Apple Apple ... Orange? by Gannoc · · Score: 4, Funny

    As for this article, let this be a lesson to you: if you sue Apple over a name, it is you who will end up having to change your name.

    What? _Apple_ is changing their name, not the company.

    I've heard of not reading the article (RTFA), but rarely seen someone who didn't even read the summary.

  9. Re:Confusing? by mcmonkey · · Score: 4, Funny
    Given that the issue was that there were two things called 'rendezvous' the statement:
    Rendezvous' new name will be OpenTalk
    doesn't really help :-)
    To avoid any future confusion, both products will be renamed. To OpenTalk.

    All clear?

  10. Can they rename to FireBirdFoxCaminoTalk? by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is there a Mozilla implementation?

  11. Re:OpenTalk? by ximenes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Frankly I'm surprised you can understand it either, with a UID as high as 212035!

    What were you guys doing when Slashdot started taking accounts, reading Byte?

  12. Take That, Frenchies! by Michael_Burton · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shrewd marketing. Rendezvous always sounded kinda French to me.

    Everybody knows us Amurricans in the red states don't like nothin' French. Suddenly I feel like goin' out and buyin' me a big bunch o' Apples!

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  13. Re:OpenTalk? by argent · · Score: 4, Funny

    it looks like Apple is trying to purposefully confuse people by prepending "Open" to this product

    <sarcasm>Yes, deliberately using the term "open" to describe an open standard based on an open source project is just so sneaky and underhanded...</>