On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nathann Cohen wrote: >> What would be the problem in using Sagemath, as it is the name of the >> website for example ? >> Besides, what is the use of such a procedure for Sage ? > > I personally do not like Sagemath. Someone else expressed that view too. > > I personally prefer the name 'Sage' but I do foresee it having it running into > problems at one point or another. > > There have been plenty of software products change names. > > SunOS -> Solaris > > is the obvious one I can think of, but others have done it too. > > http://www.software-marketing-advisor.com/software-name.html > > has 10 rules for choosing a name for software. The first is: > > #1 Do ensure that your product name is not already in use by someone else, > and > there are no legal/trademark issues with using it. > > I think 'Sage' fails that test myself. At the time it was first thought of, I > doubt William considered the possible use in financial markets. But that seems > quite likely to me now, given both Mathematica and MATLAB have financial > toolboxes. > > In fact, documenting the reason for a name change, would show the wide range > of > areas to which Sage could be put. > > 'OpenMath' is one option I could think of, but I'm sure others could come up > with something better. > > Dave >
This reminds me of another thread from a year ago: On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Othalian <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, you may already be aware that Sage as a name is already used in a > number of programs which can be found on the net. Will you be looking to > change this name in future? If so might I suggest a name like MathTor (Tor > is German for gate). We will not be changing the name to MathTor. -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
