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A well-known commercial storage vendor gives their system releases codenames from beer brands. We had Becks, Guinnes, Longboard, Voodoo Ranger, and many others.
by dark-star 2y ago
A well-known commercial storage vendor gives their system releases codenames from beer brands. We had Becks, Guinnes, Longboard, Voodoo Ranger, and many others. Presumably what the devs drank during that release cycle, or something ;-)
It's fun for the developers and the end-users alike... So no, it's not limited to GPU enthusiasts at all. Everyone likes codenames :)
- B1FF_PSUVM 2y ago> Everyone likes codenames :) Except butt-headed astronomers
- homarp 2y agohttps://www.engadget.com/2014-02-26-when-carl-sagan-sued-apple-twice.html https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-26-when-carl-sagan-sued-app... if you miss the ref
- monocasa 2y agoI mean, living people seems like a dick move in general for codenames.
- wincy 2y agoThat’s what we make sure our codenames are sensible things like Jimmy Carter and James Earl Jones We were actually told to change our internal names for our servers after someone named an AWS instance “stupid” and I rolled my eyes so hard, one dev ruined the fun for everyone.
- monocasa 2y agoI mean, sure, for a lot of the same reasons you can't file a defamation claim in defense of someone who's dead. The idea of them is in the public domain in a lot of ways. So sure, pour one out to whoever's funeral is on the grocery store tabloids that week with your codenames.
- throw16180339 2y agoAre you referring to NetApp?
- dark-star 2y agoindeed :)