“Apple Computer in the coming months will change the name of its Rendezvous networking technology to ‘Bonjour,’ according to company documents shown to AppleInsider. Last year, Tibco Software of Palo Alto, Calif., entered into a trademark dispute with Apple over its use of the Rendezvous name, alleging that the Apple technology, used in products such as Mac OS X and the iTunes Music Store, infringed on its exclusive rights to the Rendezvous name,” Kasper Jade reports for AppleInsider.
“In July 2004, AppleInsider reported that the two companies agreed to end the dispute through a mutual out of court settlement. Sources close to the negotiations said that, as part of the deal, Apple agreed to phase out its use of the ‘Rendezvous’ name in time,” Jade reports. “Apple’s Rendezvous technology, also known in the industry as Zero Configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. It uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically find each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.”
Full article, with information about “Bonjour” in Apple’s upcoming Mac OS X “Tiger” release and what happened to “OpenTalk,” here.
MacDailyNews Take: If Apple couldn’t use “Rendezvous,” we liked “OpenTalk” better than we like “Bonjour.”
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Steve loves French names; Exposé, Rendezvous, Bonjour…
Can’t we just make it Suovzednor? (For those who didn’t catch on, it’s Rondezvous backwards)
Rename it:
The networking technology formally known as Renedezvous.
There’s no way they’re naming it bonjour. Everyone will refer to it as Boner.
What’s wrong with ZeroConfig….
“Steve loves French names […]”
He just wants to piss off Jean-Louis Gassée…
I agree Mr. Bill; ‘ZeroConfig’ calls it like it is.
No muss, no fuss.
Or something silly like ‘yippe kai yay’ from DieHard1.
How about SmartNet? It’s a “smart networking” technology.
Works for me & isn’t French.
I agree with Mr. Bill. ZeroConfig is cool and says it all. Of course I am into techie so may be biased.
Bonjour sounds kind of nancy to me for some reason. “Oh, I will just hook up to you with Bonjour”….. Nope, just doesn’t sing right.
If they have to be fancy about this Recontrer was OK.
But if they want to appeal to the masses maybe “Yo” would be the way to go. “I’ll hook up to you using Yo” …. Yeah, that sings OK.
AutoNetwork would be OK too.
NoMacForYou is right on target.
Move to france you patsy.
SmartNet is the trademark for Cisco System’s support contracts, so that one’s out.
The way it works haphazardly for me with Airport Express I think it should be named: “You there?” or “Hellooo?”
North Americans don’t have their own language. They borrow England’s… and speak “ENGLish”
The Fuggin’ Fenchy Pussies are a bunch of….oh wait a sec, I just realized I’m a rascist hate mongering asshole.
I suppose it could be worse. They could have selected Alexander Bell’s intended salutation for the telephone, “Hoy, Hoy!”. Not one of his brighter ideas…
follower,
Check out the French ITMS. I can tell you that the French *do* rock the house! You just have to be open minded and not mind the language barrier. I sure wish I could purchase from the French ITMS! Frustrating!
Neo-Con: You just sound like a good ol’ red-blooded American! Now get over to Iraq and spill some of your good ol’ red blood. Sucker.
With the way Americans mangle the French language (as they say, speak French like a Spanish cow), perhaps it’ll be a good “exposé” for the correct pronuncitation of the word ‘bonjour’.
And I second gRen’s point, sure wish I didn’t have to buy my French music via mail-order from Quebec.
I’m an Aussie, so I reckon they shoulda gone with “G’day Mate!”
Or even “Cooee”.
But Bonjour? Sounds like a name Microsoft would use.
(I’m taking the piss guys)
At first I thought this was an April fool’s joke. It’s not April though.
It’s April in France.
They can call it “Networks-for-Sure”
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Well, I see all the right wing conservatives are having a field day with the French name. Nothing like a little zenophobia to exercise our patriotism with, mais non?
For the record, Rendezvous is a French word
Good to see that trolling isn’t dead. Way to waste lives, yours and others, on deliberate foolishness. Those who play along are just as guilty… aren’t you supposed to be talking about Macs?