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> and it was then when they came up with a pretty cool name for their new OS — Singularity. Or, it was then when they (intentionally?) ripped off the name of a

> and it was then when they came up with a pretty cool name for their new OS — Singularity. Or, it was then when they (intentionally?) ripped off the name of an existing, open source, OS-related project. https://sylabs.io/singularity/ https://sylabs.io/singularity/

0x0nyandesu 5y ago
Lol you don't get to just claim a word for yourself forever.
- frumiousirc 5y ago
  Reading more carefully, this is an old project that predates Singularity containers.
  - 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
    I've run across so many software projects named singularity that at this point it's a trope.
    - datavirtue 5y ago
      Damnit. That was going to be the name of my project.
      - kcartlidge 5y ago
        Trope? That's a good name.
simplyinfinity 5y ago
> Singularity is an experimental operating system (OS) which was built by Microsoft Research between 2003 and 2010. Yeah.. They didn't AFAIK.
ajb 5y ago
"Its last release was in November 2008 and since then the project was stopped." AFAICT Sylabs Singularity started after Microsoft's research project ended, probably by some years. So no-one is ripping anyone off.
laserdancepony 5y ago
"Singularity began as an open source project in 2015 [...]" - https://www.top500.org/news/sylabs-brings-singularity-containers-into-commercial-hpc/ https://www.top500.org/news/sylabs-brings-singularity-contai... Whereas the last commit on MS' Singularity project is from 2010.
joshuaissac 5y ago
Sylabs launched their Singularity product in 2015,[1] whereas Microsoft Singularity is from the mid 2000s,[2] so the ripping off is in the other direction. 1. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/08/sylabs-launches-singularity-pro-a-container-platform-for-high-performance-computing https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/08/sylabs-launches-singularit... 2. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/singularity// https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/singularity...
- throwawayboise 5y ago
  That, and every good name for a software project has already been used.
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0x0nyandesu 5y ago

Lol you don't get to just claim a word for yourself forever.

frumiousirc 5y ago
Reading more carefully, this is an old project that predates Singularity containers.
- 0x0nyandesu 5y ago
  I've run across so many software projects named singularity that at this point it's a trope.
  - datavirtue 5y ago
    Damnit. That was going to be the name of my project.
    - kcartlidge 5y ago
      Trope? That's a good name.

simplyinfinity 5y ago

> Singularity is an experimental operating system (OS) which was built by Microsoft Research between 2003 and 2010. Yeah.. They didn't AFAIK.

ajb 5y ago

"Its last release was in November 2008 and since then the project was stopped." AFAICT Sylabs Singularity started after Microsoft's research project ended, probably by some years. So no-one is ripping anyone off.

laserdancepony 5y ago

"Singularity began as an open source project in 2015 [...]" - https://www.top500.org/news/sylabs-brings-singularity-containers-into-commercial-hpc/ https://www.top500.org/news/sylabs-brings-singularity-contai... Whereas the last commit on MS' Singularity project is from 2010.

joshuaissac 5y ago

Sylabs launched their Singularity product in 2015,[1] whereas Microsoft Singularity is from the mid 2000s,[2] so the ripping off is in the other direction. 1. https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/08/sylabs-launches-singularity-pro-a-container-platform-for-high-performance-computing https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/08/sylabs-launches-singularit... 2. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/singularity// https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/singularity...

throwawayboise 5y ago
That, and every good name for a software project has already been used.

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