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> I know it's been said a million times before. But yet this a comment about CRDB's name finds it way to the top of the HN discussion once again. What does no
by bsg75 6y ago
> I know it's been said a million times before.
But yet this a comment about CRDB's name finds it way to the top of the HN discussion once again.
What does not die is the need to complain about a product name instead of a constructive discussion about what it actually does.
- edgyquant 6y agoThe fact that this is a purely technical community proves the name is bad imo. Managers who aren’t tech savvy won’t adopt it.
- bsg75 6y agoIf you work with management that base technical decisions on a single word name, one with relevance to its ability, then you have bigger problems than database platform names. "What is this Postgre thing? I can't pronounce it so it can't be any good." "MySQL sounds like a toy. We need 'OurSQL'." "Oracle is the right choice because I'm familiar with the name." "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM." "Eww, bugs! Gross!"