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So you have to add “fs” or “filesystem“ to your search queries, or not even that if the rest of the query gives sufficient context. Everyone makes name conflic
by deno 9y ago
So you have to add “fs” or “filesystem“ to your search queries, or not even that if the rest of the query gives sufficient context.
Everyone makes name conflicts in independent domains to be a much bigger problem than they are in reality.
There’s Amazon rainforest, Amazon the ecommerce website, and Amazon the cloud company. How often do you have any problem differentiating between them?
- tracker1 9y agoWell.. let's google it... "TFS" .. hmm, abbridged lead in to the wikipedia article at the top... And though I'm not a systems programmer likely to implement, or support the code for a filesystem, I am A programmer, and work in IT... And systems operators are also likely to come accross TFS (Team Foundation Server) in terms of supporting a deployment of it. Though, they've started to refer to the source control protocol implementation as TFVC, since TFS supports git as well now. It does seem to have some conflicts, and even notes another file system called TFS themselves. In this case, I'm pretty sure another name might be a better idea. Hell, TFS the version control system and the other file system are more well known than Firebird the database when Mozilla renamed their shiny new browser.
- arjie 9y agoFor what it's worth, I think you should have taken the advice of the guy you're replying to. The first result for "TFS file system" is https://github.com/redox-os/tfs https://github.com/redox-os/tfs.
- omgtehlion 9y agoThe first result I get is: GitHub - alibaba/tfs: TFS (Taobao File System) is a distributed file ...
- deno 9y agoIf you’re looking for Java and the first result is the Wikipedia article on the island[1] do you just switch programming languages? I hear C is very search engine friendly. Probably why it’s so popular. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java
- tracker1 9y agoThe point is, there's already a prevalent technology in use by the same name... I wouldn't really expect to choose a programming language based on google-ability... go, is to this day hard to search for on its' own, "golang" being better. That said, I wouldn't expect a "new" programming language called "Java-Script" (not the current ES/JavaScript) to gain traction. Or for that matter a programming language called "Coffee" to be very successful either.
- Kudos 9y agoThere are at least two other filesystems called TFS, how hard is it to just add another character to the acronym, tbh(fs)?
- deno 9y agoIt’s not “prevalent technology.” It’s a proprietary product published by a well-known software company. If you want Microsoft’s TFS just search for “Microsoft TFS.” There is no confusion.
- tracker1 9y agoSee the definition of prevalent... Even if it's proprietary, it's pretty widespread... not to mention other file systems called TFS already.
- obstinate 9y agoYou're tilting at windmills. Most threads where someone starts something new has someone making similar complaints to the one you're making here. Yet people's behavior doesn't change. And it won't -- it's just too much overhead to avoid the ever-expanding space of products that have the same name.
- tracker1 9y agoYes, but there's at least two other filesystems called TFS as well, per other threads... so even then, it's still overload. If I were releasing something to the public, I would probably namespace or consider something different in this case.