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Re:WolframScript enables Wolfram Language code to be run fro... by catalogia on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:21AM (#22628303)
Half of the "Debian" name comes from Ian Murdock's first name. The other half comes from his then-girlfriend's name 'Debra'. I've never heard anybody castigate Ian/Debian for that.

Somebody naming something after themself seems a little tacky to me, but I don't think it's anything to get bent out of shape about.

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Re:WolframScript enables Wolfram Language code to be run fro... by mplewis on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:35AM (#22628428)
Probably because Ian doesn't try to commercialize and push a proprietary system of computing on the world with Ian plastered everywhere you can see.
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Re:WolframScript enables Wolfram Language code to be run fro... by derjames on Thursday March 19, 2020 @01:11PM (#22629481)
Ian passed away on Dec 2015.
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Re:WolframScript enables Wolfram Language code to be run fro... by catalogia on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:42AM (#22628499)
Is the issue the branding, or is the issue FOSS vs proprietary? I'm much more sympathetic to the later criticism, which really has nothing to do with the first I think.
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