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The choice for naming is indeed very poor.

by cynicalsecurity 2y ago

Krasnol 2y ago
It is terrible, actually. Why would one do this? It isn't even slightly related to the product. Damn...
- ktm5j 2y ago
  You're assuming that it was named with Dune the book in mind.. but dune is a word that is not owned by that franchise. Who knows what the name is supposed to mean.
  - Krasnol 2y ago
    It's not just me as you can see here. Nobody says that the word is owned by a franchise but as you see, especially with the "3D" and the fact that the franchise is trending, it causes confusion.
  - shzhdbi09gv8ioi 2y ago
    Well, the timing is bad since the dune3d software was initially named only 7 months ago [1] (after the first new Dune movie), and just last month the second new Dune movie came out. 1: https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89a88e7dde2615031e7e28 https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89...
- MrVandemar 2y ago
  Java had nothing to do with coffee; nor Python snakes; nor Rust oxidation. The computing/IT industry just picks names for stuff that doesn't have much to do with anything.
  - barbs 2y ago
    Yeah but in all those cases, it's clear from the context that they are distinct from coffee, snakes, and oxidation.
  - atherton33 2y ago
    "Snake 3d" would be more analogous here. Sure snake means something outside of computing, but it's also a famous piece of computing history (like Dune II) for which "3d" also makes sense as a suffix.
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  - Krasnol 2y ago
    Yes they do, and they are unfortunate as we can see here many times over and in this case it is a currently popular franchise which also had some games and this thing which has neither something to do with the franchise, nor with a game or with sand dunes falls into the same pattern. I doubt anybody would care if they'd named it after some coffee sort or a snake, where nothing of the above applies. There are not many Café games, for example.
- StrLght 2y ago
  Totally agree, I still have no idea why Frank Herbert named his novels after a hill of sand? /s
  - mianos 2y ago
    You are joking? Maybe you never read them. The planet Arrakis is a desert planet central to the novels. Lots of sand dunes, nothing else planet wide.
    - lukefreiler 2y ago
      /s = joking. Also, the planet was also originally named Dune.
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The choice for naming is indeed very poor.

Krasnol 2y ago

It is terrible, actually. Why would one do this? It isn't even slightly related to the product. Damn...

ktm5j 2y ago
You're assuming that it was named with Dune the book in mind.. but dune is a word that is not owned by that franchise. Who knows what the name is supposed to mean.
- Krasnol 2y ago
  It's not just me as you can see here. Nobody says that the word is owned by a franchise but as you see, especially with the "3D" and the fact that the franchise is trending, it causes confusion.
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 2y ago
  Well, the timing is bad since the dune3d software was initially named only 7 months ago [1] (after the first new Dune movie), and just last month the second new Dune movie came out. 1: https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89a88e7dde2615031e7e28 https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89...
MrVandemar 2y ago
Java had nothing to do with coffee; nor Python snakes; nor Rust oxidation. The computing/IT industry just picks names for stuff that doesn't have much to do with anything.
- barbs 2y ago
  Yeah but in all those cases, it's clear from the context that they are distinct from coffee, snakes, and oxidation.
- atherton33 2y ago
  "Snake 3d" would be more analogous here. Sure snake means something outside of computing, but it's also a famous piece of computing history (like Dune II) for which "3d" also makes sense as a suffix.
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- Krasnol 2y ago
  Yes they do, and they are unfortunate as we can see here many times over and in this case it is a currently popular franchise which also had some games and this thing which has neither something to do with the franchise, nor with a game or with sand dunes falls into the same pattern. I doubt anybody would care if they'd named it after some coffee sort or a snake, where nothing of the above applies. There are not many Café games, for example.
StrLght 2y ago
Totally agree, I still have no idea why Frank Herbert named his novels after a hill of sand? /s
- mianos 2y ago
  You are joking? Maybe you never read them. The planet Arrakis is a desert planet central to the novels. Lots of sand dunes, nothing else planet wide.
  - lukefreiler 2y ago
    /s = joking. Also, the planet was also originally named Dune.
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