[cap-talk] Confused Deputy gets a new name in Web 2.0 lingo

[Mark Miller]

On 10/17/06, Jed at Webstart <donnelley1 at webstart.com> wrote:
> [...]  I believe "Confused Deputy" has stood the test
> of time, has history on it's side, and is good enough (certainly
> lacking any viable alternative), so we should stick with it.  Of
> course people should feel free to submit alternative names for
> discussion, but I think we should be very careful in any effort to
> change such a venerable name.

I agree. For various reasons, including perhaps because it's so much
fun to say, this particular meme has had more success spreading itself
than virtually anything else coined by our community.

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    Cheers,
    --MarkM