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I think they're being a little silly. If you use a relatively mainstream word from the language in which you do business (and which happens to be virtually iden
by TallGuyShort 11y ago
I think they're being a little silly. If you use a relatively mainstream word from the language in which you do business (and which happens to be virtually identical in all languages anywhere near where you do do business), you don't (shouldn't) have a leg to stand on, IMO. You can't reasonably arrive at Dropboxe independently. But is everyone at Dropbox really supposed to tip-toe around being careful not to name a project after a common word if it's pronounced the same as a company that was accepted to a tech incubator just 2 years ago?
- koluft 11y agoParent was saying the "Dropbox" is also a generic word.
- outworlder 11y ago> If you use a relatively mainstream word from the language in which you do business What about "Windows"? Or "Word"? Or "Office"? It's difficult to find words that are more "mainstream" than that. Yet, Microsoft does just fine.
- TallGuyShort 11y agoYeah and if Microsoft made tongue-in-cheek blog posts about IBM because they had something called "Project Officer" we'd all roll our eyes.