On January 18, 2008, Google informed me that they will no longer be hosting the WebGuild events. A Google representative said the decision was based on the fact that the name of our January 2008 event called “The Future of Web Applications” and the name of our web 2.0 conference called “Web 2.0 Conference & Expo” were not changed as requested by O’Reilly.
O’Reilly associates contacted Google and asked them to demand that WebGuild change the name of our events and conferences and to cease supporting the WebGuild. See the email below.
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