Ralph Seichter:
> * Wietse Venema:
>
> > We tried a bunch of names for which I could register a domain name,
> > and each time the IBM naming authority would reject our choice.
>
> Sounds interesting. What exactly is, or was, "the IBM naming authority"?
> Is it an entity related to IBM's legal team?
The people whose approval is required for product naming.
Wietse
> > Changing the name of a program is a lot of work; it is worse than
> > changing the name of the main character in a story.
>
> Quite. Names also have a lot of power as we all know. For example, I
> have wondered if the Java programming language would have become just as
> popular if it was released as "Oak", which I seem to remember was what
> the author originally wanted to call it.
>
> -Ralph
>
