.Mac

[Michael Brewer]

I don't even like the similarity. I'd rather them call it iNetwork or 
something like that. Apple, if you're reading, I give you permission to 
use that name -- just send me an iPod or something. :)

On Friday, July 12, 2002, at 06:28 PM, David Evan Isom wrote:

> 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.
>