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If tall female legendary Greek warriors show up and make a claim to the .amazon TLD, we should consider their claim. So far they haven't.
by anoncake 7y ago
If tall female legendary Greek warriors show up and make a claim to the .amazon TLD, we should consider their claim. So far they haven't.
- perl4ever 7y agoThe river was named due to a European associating it with the mythical warriors.
- anoncake 7y agoGo on?
- perl4ever 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Orellana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Orellana "The name 'Amazon' is said to arise from a battle Francisco de Orellana fought with a tribe of Tapuyas. The women of the tribe fought alongside the men, as was the custom among the tribe. Orellana derived the name Amazonas from the mythical Amazons of Asia described by Herodotus (see The Histories [4.110-116]) and Diodorus in Greek legends"
- anoncake 7y agoI was (vaguely) aware of that but what difference does it make here?
- fastball 7y agoThe point is that the word "amazon" (which is what is being bought as a gTLD) was not first used in South America, so they have no claim to it beyond "we use it too". Which isn't a good claim, otherwise they should've/would've been able to prevent Jeff Bezos from calling the company Amazon in the first place.
- anoncake 7y agoNo, they used it first and Bezos named his company after the river. He could have chosen another name instead of using one that was already taken. He's the one that caused a name collision so he's the one that should suffer from it.
- perl4ever 7y agoWho is "they"? It seems like it was used first by a conquistador. Who wasn't Greek.