Comments on: Did Google Steal The Name “go” For Its Programming Language? http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:08:02 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elpie http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448926 Elpie Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:19:42 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448926 @Itransition - many of the programming language names were in use before the web and search engines. They were well-established brands long before Google existed. Today, a brand can live or die based on it's visibility in search engine results. Generic names, such as Go, Wave, Closure, cannot be registered trademarks but could still have a claim under law for first-use, since they were around long before Google chose to use those names. Little guys cannot go up against multi-million dollar corporations though and this fact, along with Google controlling what their search engine outputs, could potentially result in the prior existing projects disappearing off the radar. Finding unique names for new languages is a tough call & I have some sympathy for Google on that score. But all they had to do was use their own search data to realise they were establishing names that were directly competing with the same (or very similar) names used in a similar language context. @Itransition – many of the programming language names were in use before the web and search engines. They were well-established brands long before Google existed. Today, a brand can live or die based on it’s visibility in search engine results. Generic names, such as Go, Wave, Closure, cannot be registered trademarks but could still have a claim under law for first-use, since they were around long before Google chose to use those names. Little guys cannot go up against multi-million dollar corporations though and this fact, along with Google controlling what their search engine outputs, could potentially result in the prior existing projects disappearing off the radar.

Finding unique names for new languages is a tough call & I have some sympathy for Google on that score. But all they had to do was use their own search data to realise they were establishing names that were directly competing with the same (or very similar) names used in a similar language context.

]]> By: Itransition http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448924 Itransition Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:58:07 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448924 Elpie: Does a C(C++) language is better name that Go! Look at the line of great programming languages: Pascal, Java, .Net, PHP, C++, even old-school Fortran... Why is Go! is worse if it claims to be a new step in advanced software system development? Elpie: Does a C(C++) language is better name that Go! Look at the line of great programming languages: Pascal, Java, .Net, PHP, C++, even old-school Fortran… Why is Go! is worse if it claims to be a new step in advanced software system development?

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]]> By: Alex http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448920 Alex Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:35:37 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448920 Don't agree. Go is too common a word. That's like Donald Trump trying to copyright the phrase You're fired. Silly. Don’t agree. Go is too common a word. That’s like Donald Trump trying to copyright the phrase You’re fired. Silly.

]]> By: Leefe http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448919 Leefe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:03:48 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448919 One would think that Google could have done some due diligence, and checked for existing programming language names that were similar. Maybe they could have googled for it :) One would think that Google could have done some due diligence, and checked for existing programming language names that were similar. Maybe they could have googled for it :)

]]> By: Brent Shepherd http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448917 Brent Shepherd Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:03:40 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448917 Easily solved, just change it to Goo. That should stick! Easily solved, just change it to Goo. That should stick!

]]> By: Christopher G http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448911 Christopher G Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:02:51 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448911 'go' is a natural fit for the company, name-wise. They didn't even need to steal it. And speaking of fit, it should be survival of the fittest... The best language should get to keep the name. That's how it will happen anyway. ‘go’ is a natural fit for the company, name-wise. They didn’t even need to steal it. And speaking of fit, it should be survival of the fittest… The best language should get to keep the name. That’s how it will happen anyway.

]]> By: asd http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448910 asd Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:00 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448910 Wow. This is the dumbest freaking non-story I've ever read. Elpie: Who cares if Google used an already-existing programming language name??? "Go", it's two letters, and it's a pretty common word. More than that, IT'S NOT USED BY ANYONE. I'm a connoisseur of esoteric programming languages, but please. Nobody. Anywhere. Ever. Uses. Go. And the author's language is an educational language, what does the name of the language matter? And somehow, in some strange nerdy-twist, just because the license of the programming language Go! is open-source, it's somehow worse for Google??? Wow. That's idiotic. And you're expecting google to ferret out every self-published, hobby programming language some random guy on the internet may have created in the last few decades?? Yah, okay. Maybe you can foot the bill for that. Unless Go! is trademarked, this is a non-story. Give me a break. People are just looking for things to complain about. Wow. This is the dumbest freaking non-story I’ve ever read.

Elpie: Who cares if Google used an already-existing programming language name??? “Go”, it’s two letters, and it’s a pretty common word. More than that, IT’S NOT USED BY ANYONE. I’m a connoisseur of esoteric programming languages, but please. Nobody. Anywhere. Ever. Uses. Go. And the author’s language is an educational language, what does the name of the language matter? And somehow, in some strange nerdy-twist, just because the license of the programming language Go! is open-source, it’s somehow worse for Google??? Wow. That’s idiotic.

And you’re expecting google to ferret out every self-published, hobby programming language some random guy on the internet may have created in the last few decades?? Yah, okay. Maybe you can foot the bill for that.

Unless Go! is trademarked, this is a non-story. Give me a break. People are just looking for things to complain about.

]]> By: Elpie http://thenextweb.com/2009/11/11/google-steal-programming-language/#comment-448905 Elpie Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:30:48 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=32055#comment-448905 Looks like Go! programming language is dropping down in search results very quickly. There is more about it on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language) Normal people research a name before they decide to create their own branding. Ok, so Google isn't "normal people" but there is no excuse for using the same name as an existing programming language. When that programming language is free, open source and released under the GPL it becomes even more galling. Shame on Google. Looks like Go! programming language is dropping down in search results very quickly.

There is more about it on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go!_(programming_language)

Normal people research a name before they decide to create their own branding. Ok, so Google isn’t “normal people” but there is no excuse for using the same name as an existing programming language. When that programming language is free, open source and released under the GPL it becomes even more galling.

Shame on Google.

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