Re:Show HN: How software projects and companies got their name
by theandrewbailey on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @03:58PM
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When Java switched hands to the Eclipse foundation last year, I learned that the foundation wasn't named after their goal of "eclipse the Sun Microsystems". That would have been awesome if true.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse_(software)#Name