▲ | phendrenad2 5 days ago | |
I've kind of become numb to the annoying JavaScript trademark situation. But yeah, it's bonkers. I agree, let's do something. So, if this fails, let's rename JavaScript to WebScript or BrowserScript or something. Nobody can say those aren't generic. And remember, the laughably unpronounceable, caps-lock-enabled, comedy gold that was "ECMAscript" almost caught on for a hot minute. (Can you believe it? We were this close to walking the halls of our big techs and startups and mumbling about "egg-muh-script".) The biggest hurdle will be getting Google to change the name. Google, famously, carefully avoids interacting with the public. I don't know what kind of infohazard they are afraid of contacting from us, but we have to break through that barrier somehow. We may have to resort to standing on the side of the road on the 101 with a sign that says "No more war! Save the dolphins! Accept the JavaScript(TM)-to-WebScript rename now!". |