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The GIMP was originally created by Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis who are respectively the CEO and VP of Engineering of Cockroach Labs. https://en.wikipedia.
by d4l3k 9y ago
The GIMP was originally created by Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis who are respectively the CEO and VP of Engineering of Cockroach Labs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP
https://www.cockroachlabs.com/about/ https://www.cockroachlabs.com/about/
- orangechairs 9y agoIt's true. These two guys have been working together in OSS for a long time - https://www.gimp.org/news/2015/11/22/20-years-of-gimp-release-of-gimp-2816/ https://www.gimp.org/news/2015/11/22/20-years-of-gimp-releas...
- hnkimb3558 9y agoPete chose the name GIMP (we were mulling calling it "XIMP", for X11 Image Manipulation Program, but Pulp Fiction had recently been released, so...). I (spencer) chose the name CockroachDB. I guess we have questionable tastes in OSS project naming.
- jdoliner 9y agoSorry if my previous comment came off as yet another job about Cockroach's name, I'm sure those get old. Thanks for your work on both projects. I've been a long time GIMP user, haven't had a use for Cockroach yet but someday. Also, does this mean that Pete's on deck for naming the next OSS project you work on?
- hnkimb3558 9y agoI think the algorithm is whoever comes up with the most egregious and sticky name wins.
- jdoliner 9y agoCool, thanks for that. I googled around and even got to that Wiki page but somehow didn't quite cross-reference the names.