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We've been on HN a half dozen times, been featured in some trade magazines, have been a gold Mercurial sponsor, and have built-in support in competitor's produc
by gecko 14y ago
We've been on HN a half dozen times, been featured in some trade magazines, have been a gold Mercurial sponsor, and have built-in support in competitor's products (e.g. SourceTree). We're also the second link if you google for "Kiln". I think that qualifies as relatively notable.
We also have a trademark on the name Kiln in the context of developer tools.
Edit: That last line sounds like a threat, which it absolutely isn't. Just, due to how these things work, picking another name probably makes sense.
- alexgartrell 14y agoMy first reaction when I saw this submission was "Holy shit, who leaked kiln?"
- pnathan 14y agoYeah, that was my reaction as well. Kiln == Fog Creek's hg server in my head.
- manojlds 14y agoIt is now a git and hg server all at the same time.
- mpyne 14y agoMine was similar, if a little less cynical: "Holy shit, Fog Creek is open-sourcing Kiln? On April Fool's Day?"
- spicyj 14y agoWould they really host it on GitHub? :)
- mpyne 14y agoOoh, good point. Though one issue I've noticed popping up of late is that people are starting to associate "open source" with "GitHub" instead of with checking whether the source is open or not. So who knows, maybe a GitHub mirror of their own Kiln-hosted source for April Fool's?
- SkyMarshal 14y agoOn April 1st, absolutely.
- colinta 14y agodo you want me to change the name? Edit: I'm brainstorming names on the rubymotion google group. F-ing naming, it's so annoying. I'll try and get it renamed soon.
- colanderman 14y agoIf someone told me they had a registered trademark on the name I chose for my product, I'd be a fool not to change the name. That's a huge liability.
- MartinCron 14y agoYou should change the name because "kiln" is an uncomfortable and awkward word to pronounce.
- watershawl 14y agoHow about Layer, Ply, Stratum, Flag, Stage, Platter, Plate, Lamina, Pellicle, Film, Leaf, Slice, Shive, Rasher, Eschar, or Nest?
- rdl 14y agoDeveloper tools for iOS, on iOS. You probably don't really care about the domain name, so there are a lot of possibilities. Kiln is kind of a shitty name to begin with, so I'm sure you'll think of something better. I'd focus on how it's self-hosted, handheld, mobile, lightweight, and portable. "Phone Self Exam" is one bad idea, with the obvious non-Ada Initiative approved branding concept...
- neglected_dba 14y ago> do you want me to change the name? You're joking, right? Yes. You need to pick a name for your product that doesn't clash with a well established product in the same field. I only clicked this article because I thought Joel had gone open-source. I suspect most everyone reading this thread thought the same thing.
- speg 14y agoiKiln?
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- bntly 14y agoOven? Smith?
- Moto7451 14y agoiSpector, Forge, Layers