Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9093F76C6 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 22:05:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 8265 invoked by uid 500); 5 Aug 2011 22:05:31 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 7982 invoked by uid 500); 5 Aug 2011 22:05:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: moderator for general@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 88191 invoked by uid 99); 5 Aug 2011 17:17:02 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3798688F8784154192FDA3388F4C2081015C497A@hq-ex-mb03.ad.navteq.com> References: <4E3B43A2.902@shanecurcuru.org> <4E3C142F.3070303@shanecurcuru.org> <3798688F8784154192FDA3388F4C2081015C4967@hq-ex-mb03.ad.navteq.com> <3798688F8784154192FDA3388F4C2081015C497A@hq-ex-mb03.ad.navteq.com> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:17:00 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Interesting: bigdata is a registered trademark From: "Owen O'Malley" To: trademarks@apache.org Cc: "general@hadoop.apache.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd5f470f6a6e204a9c543eb --000e0cd5f470f6a6e204a9c543eb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Segel, Mike wrote: > I should add. In terms of Hadoop, 'Big Data' is a term to describe the > problem set and not any specific product. > It is probably worth ensuring that we use "big data" with no caps to make it clear we are using the descriptive term rather than a product name of any kind. -- Owen --000e0cd5f470f6a6e204a9c543eb--