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I understand the appeal, but I disagree. Even at my most whimsical, I'd rather have the name a of a machine really be tied to some actual information about the

I understand the appeal, but I disagree. Even at my most whimsical, I'd rather have the name a of a machine really be tied to some actual information about the machine. You don't have to use muppet names to indicate that something is a development database server, for example.

gaius 17y ago
At one job, the convention imposed on us was <manufacturer><number>. So dell001, dell002, sun67, etc etc. You can see why I have issues with this ;-)
- raganwald 17y ago
  That optimizes for ordering replacement parts :-)
  - wingo 17y ago
    Replacement engineers as well :)
  - mosburger 17y ago
    One company I worked for named every machine for its service tag for that very reason. gag They're no longer in business.