Maybe you should use BikeshedDB [0] instead?
> if you want to gain mainstream acceptance for your database product
They've been around for several years and have had millions of dollars in funding. If you're going to argue that their name is holding them back from mainstream acceptance, first you should establish that they don't already have that.
If funding was a measure of success Theranos would be A-ok.
who said anything about success? Or are you arguing that Theranos’s name held it back from mainstream acceptance? Otherwise, why did you bring it up?
Re:Relicensing CockroachDB
by reificator on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:46PM
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> Downvoters: if you think names for products do not matter you are mistaken.
Disagreeing with your particular opinions on a particular name doesn't imply a belief that names don't matter.
The belief that names are particularly important to corporate software adoption and that CockroachDB is a good name for such a purpose is probably pretty rare.
Re:Relicensing CockroachDB
by reificator on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:44AM
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I don't care one way or the other about the name. But if you're marketing directly to engineers who want a resilient solution, there's probably an argument to be made.
You shouldn't downvote to disagree!
Re:Relicensing CockroachDB
by reificator on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:29AM
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In fairness I didn't vote on that post, but I was assuming downvotes were for disagreement.
I think it would be a bad name for a consumer product but this isn’t a consumer product. CockroachDB invokes a feeling of resilience which is perfect for marketing to engineers.
>CockroachDB is not the one I would have picked.
What would you have picked, master namer? What criteria determines what the mainstream will accept? "Mongo" seems like a bit of a funny name to me, but they seem to be doing alright... What makes Mongo okay but Cockroach not?
Apple is a cute name. Does it pass your test?
Re:Relicensing CockroachDB
by TheresaBraccio on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:48PM
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^ nice 'Name of the Wind' reference
Re:Relicensing CockroachDB
by thrower123 on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @02:51PM
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I think this needs to be added to the guidelines as a flame-bait topic. Every single CockroachDB post devolves into bickering about whether it is a good or bad name, and I can't stop thinking about that one episode of the Dilbert TV cartoon[1]
Downvoters: if you think names for products do not matter you are mistaken.