Comments on: Google loses Gmail name game

By: ridiculous

ridiculous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:23:18 +0000

The ONLY reason his G-Mail would be popular or even used by people in Germany is due to the advertising and marketing efforts of the *real* GMail (Google)–he is a little nothing nobody who got sympathy from the German courts who are obviously aghast that an American company is so powerful and wants to make things easier for people around the world to do email. I think Google should simply block every German IP address from accessing their GMail servers. Would serve ‘em right!

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:10:46 +0000

(david) That’s what gives Giersch the right to adequate – yes, even “generous” – compensation. I’m thinking of it rather like a compulsory purchase of land to put down a road. As long as he’s demonstrably better off than he ever would have been building his own business, I’m okay with it.

By: soporific

soporific — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 14:56:37 +0000

no its just another case of the utter absurdity of modern day capitalism. Who would vote for a capitalist political party? Morons the world over do and it really gives me the shits!

By: david

david — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:33:00 +0000

“Giersch says he’d been using G-Mail since 2000, four years before Gmail arrived on the scene.”

If he can prove he had ownership of it first it should be his name to use.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:46:54 +0000

Am I the only one who feels a little bit sorry for Google here? I mean, they took over the world, not him; and it makes sense for a world service to have the same name the world over. His interest appears to be completely commercial, and so it can be entirely compensated for with money. It’s not like he can’t re-launch with a different name. Why would he want a product that sounds like Google’s gmail, anyway???

P.S. Have you ever tried to come up with a name that no one has used in the entire world, and that doesn’t translate into a swear word in an obscure language somewhere???