Python Trademark Filer Ignorant of Python?

WebMink writes "Is it possible that the CEO of the company that's trying to file a trademark on 'Python' was unaware of Python's importance as a programming technology? That's what he claims — despite running a hosting company that's trying to break into cloud computing, where Python is used extensively. Still, he also regards the Python Software Foundation as a hostile American company and thinks that getting attention from half the world's geeks is a DDoS. From the article: '[The CEO, Tim Poultney,] confirmed that he'd not involved any technical staff in the decisions he'd made about the Python product brand, and told me he regretted that as it would probably have helped him understand the likely reaction to his trademark challenge. ... He said he now understood how offended the global developer community are and told me there was obviously only one outcome that was now possible.'"

Comments

Re:Seriously?

[Anonymous Coward]

Dude, you're an idiot.

If you google the word "python" THE TOP FOUR HITS ARE ALL ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. After that, we have one Wikipedia article on the snake, and then FOUR MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE.

You're telling me you wouldn't even google the fucking name of a trademark you're going to use just to see what else comes up?!!?

When eight of the top nine results for a one-word search of your proposed trademark ALL refer to ONE thing ... maybe you should look into it.

Re:No, that is not possible

[number11]

That's what happens when you let the suits run the companies.

Re:Company lacks credibility

[drinkypoo]

Ironically, you misdescribed cloud computing. It's pay as you go hosted clustered computing services. Each of these things has been around and many combinations of these things have been tried before, and really most scientific computing had become like this before anyone was calling it cloud computing.

Re:One outcome possible?

[Jane_Dozey]

Adder would be a more appropriate substitution, surely.

Re:Resignation?

[Half-pint HAL]

There are very few avian carriers that can safely transport snakes. The only one I'm aware of is the sea eagle. Probably other eagles too, but eagles are large beasts indeed, and an eagle-based internet would be very hungry and expensive. Although it would give us a way to get rid of our overstocks of horsemeat....