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Re:Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl by thatguyagain on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @08:05AM (#20222521)
But why would he want to protect himself from Google picking a confusing name for _their_ software?
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Re:Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl by jkaplowitz on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @08:27AM (#20222648)
So that he doesn't get the bug reports, feature requests, user support requests, or any reputational problems that stem from Google's confusingly named release.
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Re:Google to Reimplement Curl in Libcrurl by jasonjayr on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @08:37AM (#20222711)
Just to add to that, since libcurl is used everywhere, he gets all sorts of strange messages:

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/01/19/subject-urgent-warnin...

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