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ReiserFS is named after the author, which is an oddity among file systems or open source projects in general. I wonder if it would have seen further development

ReiserFS is named after the author, which is an oddity among file systems or open source projects in general. I wonder if it would have seen further development if it had been named something else.

psychoslave 2y ago
I don't know how much of an oddity it is, but Linux is probably the most known FLOSS. OK Linus himself wanted to name it "freak" or something like that.
- sjagoe 2y ago
  But if I recall, it was not named that by Linus, but by the FTP administrator, who didn't like the name Linus chose.
  - ronsor 2y ago
    The FTP admin knew no one would be interested in a project named "Freax"
- SunlitCat 2y ago
  Meanwhile we have a graphics suite called gimp, a 3D model loading library called assimp and if someone calls for blender, you can't be sure if it's the kitchen utensil or the 3d creation suite. :)
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    and a version control called Git. The old tech world was many things, but "politically correct" is far down that list. I'll be fair and note that Assimp pre-dated the modern vernacular of the obvious word that comes to mind and was actually reasonable (Open ASSet IMPort Libray).
ribcage 2y ago
Debian = Debra + Ian
- dijit 2y ago
  MySQL and MariaDB, named for the children of the founder. Similar vein. ffmpeg (first F is for Fabrice Bellard) DJBdns; named for Daniel (J) Bernstein... There's a few.
  - fasa99 2y ago
    of course the famous AWK as well
penguin_booze 2y ago
The Linux reboot system call supposedly accept Linus' daughters' birth date as a magic value [0]. It's not like that prevented people from rebooting their systems. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#Personal_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#Personal_life
dredmorbius 2y ago
Linux -> Linus's Unix Bourne shell -> Stephen Bourne KSH (Korn shell) -> David Korn AWK -> Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, Brian Kernighan Debian -> Debra & Ian Murdoch MySQL -> My Widenius MariaDB -> Maria Widenius DJBdns -> Daniel J. Bernstein

ReiserFS is named after the author, which is an oddity among file systems or open source projects in general. I wonder if it would have seen further development if it had been named something else.

psychoslave 2y ago

I don't know how much of an oddity it is, but Linux is probably the most known FLOSS. OK Linus himself wanted to name it "freak" or something like that.

sjagoe 2y ago
But if I recall, it was not named that by Linus, but by the FTP administrator, who didn't like the name Linus chose.
- ronsor 2y ago
  The FTP admin knew no one would be interested in a project named "Freax"
SunlitCat 2y ago
Meanwhile we have a graphics suite called gimp, a 3D model loading library called assimp and if someone calls for blender, you can't be sure if it's the kitchen utensil or the 3d creation suite. :)
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  and a version control called Git. The old tech world was many things, but "politically correct" is far down that list. I'll be fair and note that Assimp pre-dated the modern vernacular of the obvious word that comes to mind and was actually reasonable (Open ASSet IMPort Libray).

ribcage 2y ago

Debian = Debra + Ian

dijit 2y ago
MySQL and MariaDB, named for the children of the founder. Similar vein. ffmpeg (first F is for Fabrice Bellard) DJBdns; named for Daniel (J) Bernstein... There's a few.
- fasa99 2y ago
  of course the famous AWK as well

penguin_booze 2y ago

The Linux reboot system call supposedly accept Linus' daughters' birth date as a magic value [0]. It's not like that prevented people from rebooting their systems. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#Personal_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds#Personal_life

dredmorbius 2y ago

Linux -> Linus's Unix Bourne shell -> Stephen Bourne KSH (Korn shell) -> David Korn AWK -> Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, Brian Kernighan Debian -> Debra & Ian Murdoch MySQL -> My Widenius MariaDB -> Maria Widenius DJBdns -> Daniel J. Bernstein