Does anyone have info regarding their naming? Another commentator mentioned the bird in Hindu mythology but I'm curious why they chose that name. They also have a ||Shree|| at the top of their webpages.
The ||Shree|| at the top is a religious symbol when presented in that way though, as a search for that term will easily demonstrate:
https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1CAUSXU_enUS92...
The only common non-religious context for that word is when it means "Mr." but for that it must precede a name. So I'm not sure why it's there if not as a religious symbol. It would be similar to having "God is great" or "Allahu 'Akbar" up there.
Perhaps projecting their religious identity is important for the developers of this project.
This is not true, ।।श्री।। is not equivalent to "Allahu Akbar". It is commonly used term to denote a start of something, e.g. a notebook or a new project. I would say it falls in a gray area as it doesn't invoke any Indian deity and is pretty open to interpretation. It's functional equivalent in Indian Islamic tradition is 786.
Just because it does not invoke a particular deity doesn't mean it is not religious, and specifically Hindu.
Unlike many other Sanskrit phrases that can be interpreted in secular contexts, that one is quite specifically Hindu, especially of abstract Hinduism that is more a system of philosophy and political identity then an affinity for any particular deity of the Pantheon.
That all said, it's hardly surprising given that Indian culture has long had a tendency to distinctly mark even the most mundane and non-religious aspects of life with religious symbolism, regardless of the religion. The Enlightenment arrived relatively late to India, and with it the secular and religious dualism that is more pronounced in the West, which is why you don't tend to see scientific or technical documentation in the West imbued with religious symbols.
Regarding the other discussion on 786 and Shree, I agree with you. The closest parallel to Allah hu Akbar I can think of would perhaps be something like Aum Namaha Shivaya, but not really.
Maybe something like Jaya Bhagavaan. Of course the amazing thing (to me) about Hinduism is the tendency towards non standardization, and the sheer diversity of symbolism despite the attempts to simplify it down to a single religious identity.
Fair point about the non-standardization. Read somewhere that the Sanatani corpus/philosophy is the Linux of religions, which I thought was quite apt. Namaste.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan_hawk-eagle [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_emblem_of_Indonesia