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I can't downvote this because I'm OP, so I'll actually respond even though this is a somewhat ignorant HN middle brow dismissal style comment. Simplygon is an
by Impossible 9y ago
I can't downvote this because I'm OP, so I'll actually respond even though this is a somewhat ignorant HN middle brow dismissal style comment.
Simplygon is an acquisition that Micrsoft made recently. The company makes widely used middleware, originally targeted at AAA game developers for 3D model decimation. In this context, the name "Simplygon" makes a lot of sense. It is a simple solution for decimating meshes, made of polygons (triangles). The "gone" part of the pun also makes sense, because getting less of what you had originally (polygons) is what you want. I understand that pitched as a cloud product someone like parent with no context as to what the product actually does would think that it loses data, but this is a cloud service, so ideally there is no long term data store in the first place.
- sam0x17 9y agoStill, the funny part is that someone at Microsoft thought "Microsoft Announces Simplygon Cloud" would be an OK headline. While the context makes perfect sense, that headline made me literally snort my drink everywhere in laughter. Maybe the person who named the article on MSDN is the same person who named GVFS ;)
- sam0x17 9y agoOh I know, it must be the successor to OneDrive unlimited storage XD
- MikusR 9y agoThey made the silly mistake of expecting people to be smart enough not to put random letters in words. Or didn't account for various reading disabilities.
- sam0x17 9y agoNah, just godawful marketing/PR as usual
- walid 9y agoSpeak the name loudly to someone and ask them to write it. I know all about the company but I couldn't stop laughing after reading the headline. It gets to me every single time.