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Re:CockroachDB beta-20161013 by Perignon on Thursday February 16, 2017 @02:07PM (#13662601)
Agree, the name is pretty off putting. Maybe they were trying to be funny? I don't know, but I would recommend changing it.
Re:CockroachDB beta-20161013 by andrewchambers on Thursday February 16, 2017 @02:35PM (#13662851)
the level of bikeshedding on the name is crazy. I think it is a good name btw.
Re:CockroachDB beta-20161013 by nine_k on Thursday February 16, 2017 @08:44PM (#13665263)
The amount of rejection this name evokes is considerable. Maybe they should think about branding, unless their target is to stay in the fringe.