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I hadn't heard of this before and was expecting some kind of Golang support rather than just a lightweight Android version. What's with Google appending and pre

by wlkr 9y ago

I hadn't heard of this before and was expecting some kind of Golang support rather than just a lightweight Android version. What's with Google appending and prepending product names with 'go' willy-nilly!?

finchisko 9y ago
Same here. It took me several paragraphs before I discarded chance it is about golang rewrite of Android.
baconizer 9y ago
wonder how their Search Quality team feels..
- cptskippy 9y ago
  I heard the Search Quality Go team is ok with it.
Cthulhu_ 9y ago
> What's with Google appending and prepending product names with 'go' willy-nilly!? _go_ogle?
Pharylon 9y ago
Reminds me of late 90s Microsoft calling everything .NET
- cptskippy 9y ago
  That was actually in the early aughts following renaming everything "{product} 2000" and just before the "{product} XP" craze.
- delecti 9y ago
  Or their trend of naming new devices "Surface".
  - pxndx 9y ago
    Or the trend Apple follows of naming their devices Macs /s