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i have no idea why you are downvoted, and surely it's not this, but figured I'd mention, it's "Rochambeau", a name.

ac42 5y ago
> it's "Rochambeau", a name. "Connections to the French surname Rochambeau are a folk etymology" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rochambeau https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rochambeau
- fsckboy 5y ago
  suggesting that you know that saying "Rochambeau" is unconnected from the French name Rochambeau is a folk etymology. Saying we can't identify any connection between this word and a person with the same name is closer to the truth.
  - jldugger 5y ago
    But the same wiki also lists my spelling as correct. So you're really not contributing anything?
dogorman 5y ago
It's both, either, or neither. The spelling he used is common and widely accepted. According to legend Rochambeau played it, but there is no evidence for that. The earliest written reference to the word doesn't spell it like the French general's name, though similar enough to plausibly be a corruption of it. However it may also be a corruption of the japanese name for the game. Anyway, I'd guess he was downvoted because a lot of people here have an old justified hate of flash and thought his comment signaled tribal allegiance to the opposite camp.
mistersquid 5y ago
> i have no idea why you are downvoted, The decision to prevent Flash from operating on iOS was never considered as cause for lawsuit by any of the agencies mentioned by GP.
- jldugger 5y ago
  SFGate[1] reported at the time that exactly what I said happened happened. IIRC Apple later mooted any regulatory action by reverting their developer policy change. But for a while, it was looking pretty sketchy. And I think it's telling that the Thoughts on Flash letter is no longer available, taken offline at around the same time antitrust suits started up again. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20100510113916/http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-05-04/business/20883772_1_iphone-software-developers-apple https://web.archive.org/web/20100510113916/http://articles.s...

ac42 5y ago

> it's "Rochambeau", a name. "Connections to the French surname Rochambeau are a folk etymology" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rochambeau https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rochambeau

fsckboy 5y ago
suggesting that you know that saying "Rochambeau" is unconnected from the French name Rochambeau is a folk etymology. Saying we can't identify any connection between this word and a person with the same name is closer to the truth.
- jldugger 5y ago
  But the same wiki also lists my spelling as correct. So you're really not contributing anything?

dogorman 5y ago

It's both, either, or neither. The spelling he used is common and widely accepted. According to legend Rochambeau played it, but there is no evidence for that. The earliest written reference to the word doesn't spell it like the French general's name, though similar enough to plausibly be a corruption of it. However it may also be a corruption of the japanese name for the game. Anyway, I'd guess he was downvoted because a lot of people here have an old justified hate of flash and thought his comment signaled tribal allegiance to the opposite camp.

mistersquid 5y ago

> i have no idea why you are downvoted, The decision to prevent Flash from operating on iOS was never considered as cause for lawsuit by any of the agencies mentioned by GP.

jldugger 5y ago
SFGate[1] reported at the time that exactly what I said happened happened. IIRC Apple later mooted any regulatory action by reverting their developer policy change. But for a while, it was looking pretty sketchy. And I think it's telling that the Thoughts on Flash letter is no longer available, taken offline at around the same time antitrust suits started up again. [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20100510113916/http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-05-04/business/20883772_1_iphone-software-developers-apple https://web.archive.org/web/20100510113916/http://articles.s...