Comments on: Choosing a name

by: Green Dragon's Lair

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:07:43 +0000

Finding your name
via microISV.com:
For a lot of developers, coming up with a name for your software or your business quickly becomes an exercise in frustration. An article on StartupJournal takes a look at the name game that many businesses go through when trying to c…

by: Christopher Hawkins

Sun, 27 Mar 2005 06:29:18 +0000

When it comes to products, I’m a fan of naming it what it does. For example…

Microsoft Access? Access to what? I’m confused.

Microsoft SQL Server? Aaaah, it serves SQL. Of course.

Adobe PageMaker? Aaaah, it makes pages. Of course.

Adobe Acrobat? What the?!?!

You get the idea. One of these days I’ll release a product with a perfectly boring name like Training Manager or Bread Slicer. And nobody will ever wonder what it does.

by: henning

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:05:30 +0000

Naming is really hard. My last venture with a friend of mine was a disaster naming-wise. We had to change the name of our software and company a couple times.

Now with my current company, I think I’ve found a decent product name (PaxRendus) but my company name I’m wishing I didn’t choose (Archonus).

henning