.Mac

[David Evan Isom]

I think a more likely reason for the name change is to avoid conflict 
with Tenon's iTools (<http://www.tenon.com/products/itools-osx/>). 
Regardless, the fact that .Mac name sounds similar to .NET in no way 
suggests that Apple is about to adopt product activation and the like 
into its operating system.

On Friday, July 12, 2002, at 02:58 PM, Michael Brewer wrote:

> What is everyone's opinion on .Mac? The new name for iTools. I'm 
> especially interested in OmniGroup's opinion on it as a developer.
>
> Personally, I think it is horrible that Apple is trying to ride the 
> dirty coattails of Microsoft's .Net. One of the key reasons I became a 
> Mac user was to get rid of Microsoft's increasingly hostile 
> technologies such as product (de)activation and .Net. I'd rather Apple 
> keep the name iTools or at least change it to something less vile.