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I'm sure Fabric (http://www.fabfile.org/ http://www.fabfile.org/) will be none too pleased about this name choice.

• aarondf 12y ago
  And Fabric.js! http://fabricjs.com/ http://fabricjs.com/
  • morgo 12y ago
    And MySQL Fabric: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-utilities/1.4/en/fabric.html http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-utilities/1.4/en/fabric.html
    • than 12y ago
      And Jo-Ann Fabric: http://www.joann.com http://www.joann.com
      • zabcik 12y ago
        If you choose a dictionary word to name your startup or library or whatever, you're just asking for a collision.
      • jastanton 12y ago
        And actual fabric: http://cbsphilly.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/shopping-style-fabric-stores-rolls-of-fabric.jpg http://cbsphilly.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/shopping-style-...
        • felipebueno 12y ago
          Hahah thanks, jastanton. You just made my day :D
        • mchristoff 12y ago
          And Fabric the night club: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabric_(club) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabric_(club)
          • enos_feedler 12y ago
            Also, lets not forget Fabric Engine (http://fabricengine.com/ http://fabricengine.com/)
            • avighnay 12y ago
              VMWare vFabric too (but discontinued last month) - http://www.vmware.com/products/vfabric/overview http://www.vmware.com/products/vfabric/overview
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• dypsilon 12y ago
  We are talking about Twitter here. They can't avoid collisions even inside their own company: https://www.twitterflight.com/ https://www.twitterflight.com/ and http://flightjs.github.io/ http://flightjs.github.io/
  • gedrap 12y ago
    Well, because there's <ANY_WORD>.js. It's quite obvious that the links you copied have hardly any overlap, and I much prefer a simple generic name rather than a made up word which is hard to remember and doesn't make much sense.
• namuol 12y ago
  Hijacking existing names is in vogue ever since Apple used Swift and Metal.
  • CmonDev 12y ago
    They updated the Wikipedia quite swiftly branding the actual swift as a "scripting language".
• kornakiewicz 12y ago
  Well, at least it's not as bad as "Go".
  • CmonDev 12y ago
    That's very true, although I am proud that the language is the top result when googling for "go". Kind of shows all other professions their place.
    • kornakiewicz 12y ago
      Well, that's not true since Google has personalised results and for most people "go" will return pages about Go game.