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Also, my experience with Gittip when I was working with them, was that when listening to technical people explain it to non-techies people, having "Git" in the
by patcon 12y ago
Also, my experience with Gittip when I was working with them, was that when listening to technical people explain it to non-techies people, having "Git" in the name works against you -- your best early proselytizers, the geeks, misunderstand the project's scope and goals due to the git-based reference point, and so explain it to new people as if it's a tech-centric thing. ie. It misinforms the same technical people who you're hoping will be spreading the word first, and they spread that misinformation to non-technical people, possibly discouraging them from investigating "that technical platform for geeks"
- Zuider 12y agoFrom the perspective of a non technical person the name 'GitBook' has even worse implications. 'Git' is a common insult in British English (being short for 'whore's get', i.e. an illegitimate child born to a prostitute). This may possibly reflect some private humor on Linus Torvald's part, since Git is putatively the 'son of a Bit[ch]keeper'. The term is used to indicate someone foolish and obnoxious. A non programmer unfamiliar with version control would hear something like 'AssholeBook'.