They can always call it JScript.
JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
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Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
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This is far from the truth, unfortunately. We will get there eventually, but everyone has to do their part in removing JS from their vocabulary.
Given the committee's track record, do you think they will manage to change script type= text/javascript by 2050, or it will take a bit longer than that?
You don't need to specify the type on a script anyway if you are using ECMAScript/JS.
Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is far from the truth, unfortunately. We will get there eventually, but everyone has to do their part in removing JS from their vocabulary.
Given the committee's track record, do you think they will manage to change script type= text/javascript by 2050, or it will take a bit longer than that?
That's a MIME type. Those don't get removed. They're also not necessary. The only reason to use the type attribute on the script element is to use a MIME type that isn't ECMAScript's so that the browser doesn't execute it as such.
Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
#25Under what circumstances would they be defending this trademark?
Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
#26Well it's ridiculous, but if it can make ecmascript die, why not.
/troll /rant
Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
#27Can"t common use be used to nullify a trademark?
I don't think so.
Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
But ECMAScript is a mouthful to say and sounds a bit like a skin condition, I don't think that's ever going to become the common name people use for it.
In Germany, we pronounce it as one word. Ecmascript and not E C M A script. Which makes it as easy to pronounce as JavaScript.
The complaint still holds though. Add "-osis" to get "ecmascriptosis", something that sounds more likely to be overheard in a hospital than at a Node meetup.
Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
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Gah. It’s such a weird naming choice. I still have peers confusing Java and Javascript...
It's sort of elegant, nicely rounds up the whole collection of weird choices in JavaScript's design.
The more I use JavaScript (jquery), the more I fall in love with it!
Re: JavaScript is a trademark owned by Oracle
#30Under what circumstances would they be defending this trademark?
Unless Oracle makes web browsers, I don't think under any circumstance. They'd be up against the internet itself (not an over-exaggeration), and any tech giant you could imagine. From Apple, Google, Microsoft, I think we're done here, not to mention Mozilla, yeah, not going to go over well. They may be money hungry, but they're not moronic.