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Re:CockroachDB 1.1 Released: Production Made Easy by hnkimb3558 on Thursday October 12, 2017 @05:42PM (#15461544)
Pete chose the name GIMP (we were mulling calling it "XIMP", for X11 Image Manipulation Program, but Pulp Fiction had recently been released, so...).

I (spencer) chose the name CockroachDB. I guess we have questionable tastes in OSS project naming.

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Re:CockroachDB 1.1 Released: Production Made Easy by jdoliner on Thursday October 12, 2017 @06:29PM (#15461818)
Sorry if my previous comment came off as yet another job about Cockroach's name, I'm sure those get old. Thanks for your work on both projects. I've been a long time GIMP user, haven't had a use for Cockroach yet but someday.

Also, does this mean that Pete's on deck for naming the next OSS project you work on?

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Re:CockroachDB 1.1 Released: Production Made Easy by hnkimb3558 on Friday October 13, 2017 @02:58PM (#15468357)
I think the algorithm is whoever comes up with the most egregious and sticky name wins.
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