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Does anyone find these names a bit weird? What happened to 80's glorious days where company and product names were super cool. - DynaMax - Ultron - Trin

Does anyone find these names a bit weird? What happened to 80's glorious days where company and product names were super cool. - DynaMax - Ultron - Trinitron - Hypersystems - Logicore - Supra - Intertech - UniversalSystems - NationalTech - Automark - Spectra - Pentatype - PolyMatrix - MicroSpace - RotoCore Now we have things such as Flikr, Waymo, Skype, Jitsi and this thing... Jamo or Jami. :-/ Human race is regressing.

orev 7y ago
For people to be able to find you on the Internet, you need a Googlable name that has nothing else associated with it.
- systemvoltage 7y ago
  That's true, otherwise it gets drowned in the noise. I guess, I was just commenting on the general trend of the way we name things today.
egypturnash 7y ago
“Jami is inspired by a Swahili word that means “community”. The name was chosen as it reflects the vision: to be a service open to all, to be community supported, and to respect the privacy of users.” - https://jami.net/help/ https://jami.net/help/
- systemvoltage 7y ago
  Why does a product name have to have a "meaning" behind it? Kodachrome was abstract.
  - craftinator 7y ago
    It doesn't have to. But it can. This is an example of that.
    - anilakar 7y ago
      The shorter your name is, the easier it is to find unintended connotations or outright obscene meanings in different languages – and now because your product is global, you just can't localize its name for foreign markets like Mitsubishi had to do with Pajero in Spain.
  - jachee 7y ago
    Kodachrome wasn't abstract. It was Kodak's color film, and thus a pseudo-portmanteau of "Kodak" and "chroma" (i.e. color). I'm sure there are meanings behind a lot of the other names you listed, too.
    - systemvoltage 7y ago
      How about Kodak? I am sure there are many names that are abstract.
      - pmontra 7y ago
        From https://petapixel.com/2011/08/03/origin-and-evolution-of-kodaks-name-and-logo/ https://petapixel.com/2011/08/03/origin-and-evolution-of-kod... > The letter “K” had been a favorite of Eastman’s, he is quoted as saying, “it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter.” He and his mother devised the name Kodak with an anagram set. He said that there were three principal concepts he used in creating the name: it should be short, one cannot mispronounce it, and it could not resemble anything or be associated with anything but Kodak
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  - skocznymroczny 7y ago
    Because nowadays you are selling a lifestyle and experience rather than a product, and being "woke" gives you bonus points for no additional costs.
    - egypturnash 7y ago
      Wait until you find out what Ubuntu means.
  - trickstra 7y ago
    You bet their marketing guys had a background story then just like they have now.
themodelplumber 7y ago
Like many things '80s, it went way "Over the Top". (For reference, that's Foobar2000 over there rolling its eyes...)

orev 7y ago

For people to be able to find you on the Internet, you need a Googlable name that has nothing else associated with it.

systemvoltage 7y ago
That's true, otherwise it gets drowned in the noise. I guess, I was just commenting on the general trend of the way we name things today.

egypturnash 7y ago

“Jami is inspired by a Swahili word that means “community”. The name was chosen as it reflects the vision: to be a service open to all, to be community supported, and to respect the privacy of users.” - https://jami.net/help/ https://jami.net/help/

systemvoltage 7y ago
Why does a product name have to have a "meaning" behind it? Kodachrome was abstract.
- craftinator 7y ago
  It doesn't have to. But it can. This is an example of that.
  - anilakar 7y ago
    The shorter your name is, the easier it is to find unintended connotations or outright obscene meanings in different languages – and now because your product is global, you just can't localize its name for foreign markets like Mitsubishi had to do with Pajero in Spain.
- jachee 7y ago
  Kodachrome wasn't abstract. It was Kodak's color film, and thus a pseudo-portmanteau of "Kodak" and "chroma" (i.e. color). I'm sure there are meanings behind a lot of the other names you listed, too.
  - systemvoltage 7y ago
    How about Kodak? I am sure there are many names that are abstract.
    - pmontra 7y ago
      From https://petapixel.com/2011/08/03/origin-and-evolution-of-kodaks-name-and-logo/ https://petapixel.com/2011/08/03/origin-and-evolution-of-kod... > The letter “K” had been a favorite of Eastman’s, he is quoted as saying, “it seems a strong, incisive sort of letter.” He and his mother devised the name Kodak with an anagram set. He said that there were three principal concepts he used in creating the name: it should be short, one cannot mispronounce it, and it could not resemble anything or be associated with anything but Kodak
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- skocznymroczny 7y ago
  Because nowadays you are selling a lifestyle and experience rather than a product, and being "woke" gives you bonus points for no additional costs.
  - egypturnash 7y ago
    Wait until you find out what Ubuntu means.
- trickstra 7y ago
  You bet their marketing guys had a background story then just like they have now.

themodelplumber 7y ago

Like many things '80s, it went way "Over the Top". (For reference, that's Foobar2000 over there rolling its eyes...)