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I agree. Codenames were originally internal names for products, to be used to keep the actual product secret. Then the stupid "cool factor" won the marketers, a
by eplanit 5y ago
I agree. Codenames were originally internal names for products, to be used to keep the actual product secret. Then the stupid "cool factor" won the marketers, and for 20+ years we get these ridiculous, meaningless names for products.
Yes, "xyz v2.1" is boring, but you know that it's the version after 2.0. That's more meaningful than "oh, 'purple tiger' is the new version, are you still using 'rainforest dragon'?"
- icegreentea2 5y agoIf you look at Intel's post launch marketing, they stick almost completely to the boring names, and "X generation {product family}". For example, here's intels product listing for their Xeon Scalable Platinum product line (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/processors/xeon/scalable/platinum.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/pro...) They use the code names prior to launch because they don't have SKUs out yet, and also because they are actually talking about different things, that sometimes don't have clean ordering.