Comment by makeitdouble | Hacker News Reader

Comment by makeitdouble | Hacker News Reader

Unrelated to the technical merits (but perhaps inline with justmedep's observation [0]), but the name can be contentious.

I see no explanation of the name on the site in the documentation, but there would be two origins that come to mind immediately:

- The japanese (romanized) spell of "bloomer", the garment, which is a well known cultural artifact, also famous in the manga/anime circles. It was removed from public school decades ago and stays in public's consciousness as an attire to wear mainly for porn, gravures etc.

- the DragonBall character named after the garment.

None of these two feel right in a corporate setting, and while a project name isn't everything, there's a myriad of other similar pojects out there with more recognition so the competition is tough.

It could enough for it to be only ever seriously checked in companies that are already past the point they care about any public image.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41967064&goto=item%3Fid...

I'm starting to feel like I'm seeing this take in every thread lately.

I wish you could develop your point a bit more.

Names having connotations is one thing, their connotation coming either from the sexy field or a character in a giant commercial franchise is I think pretty rare.

It makes me wonder if there isn't some random system level library named "Pooh", getting it into a China target project could be an honorable feat.

And? Git is "idiot" in British parlance. I don't think software should be made to appease some false idea of corporate politeness.

To note, I'm not judging if it's a good name or not, I'm saying it starts with a handicap. I didn't put it in that order, but more than politeness[0] I'd assume using a popular character might not be the best for searchability, or being taken more seriously than a fan project.

GIMP's name definitely hurted it before there was enough acceptance of it. Ultimately I think most names will work out if the project gets past a critical mass.

[0] I assume you put the sexy aspect into "politeness" ?

I read it as "bulimia" – an eating disorder. It shouldn't matter, in a technical sense, but unfortunately I think people's associations with names does taint their view of the product. Cross-language issues are the most obvious, but it happens everywhere.

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