The DeRailed Challenge

[kris]

Kevin Bealer wrote:
> kris wrote:
[snip]
>> It's just a "working" name; nothing more. There's plenty of time to 
>> change it :)
> 
> 
> Yes - and sorry if the above seems over-critical.  I just see "regular" 
> people cringe every time I mention "the gimp", and it reminds me that 
> there is a cultural schism. ;)
> 
> Kevin


Don Knuth states:  "The most important thing in the programming language 
is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have 
recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable 
language"

Jesting aside, I tend to agree that a name can potentially make or break 
a product. In retrospect, and considering the original timeframe, do you 
suppose "Oak" would have generated as much interest without a name 
change to "Java" ?